#BBB477#BBB477

#BBB477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.081 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB477
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -6.70, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 32.73, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0175 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.081 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1451, 44.5402, 23.9316)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB477 #777EBB

analogous

#BB9277 #BBB477 #A0BB77

triadic

#BBB477 #77BBB4 #B477BB

tetradic

#BBB477 #77BB92 #777EBB #BB77A0

square

#BBB477 #77BB92 #777EBB #BB77A0

split-complementary

#BBB477 #77A0BB #9277BB

monochromatic

#7A743D #A39B52 #BBB477 #CFCBA0 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBB477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB477

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB477	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.081 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9f',
    500: '#bbb477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb477;
$custom-light: #d0ca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76135,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB477

secondary

#BABDD4

accent

#69C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB477

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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