#BBB478#BBB478

#BBB478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.080 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB478
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -6.58, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 32.21, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0171 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.08 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2055, 44.5643, 24.2495)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB478 #787FBB

analogous

#BB9278 #BBB478 #A1BB78

triadic

#BBB478 #78BBB4 #B478BB

tetradic

#BBB478 #78BB92 #787FBB #BB78A1

square

#BBB478 #78BB92 #787FBB #BB78A1

split-complementary

#BBB478 #78A1BB #9278BB

monochromatic

#7B743E #A39B52 #BBB478 #D0CBA1 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBB478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB478

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB478	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)

#BEB074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.080 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9f',
    500: '#bbb478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb478;
$custom-light: #d0ca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB478

secondary

#BBBDD4

accent

#46AC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB478

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

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