#BBB479#BBB479

#BBB479 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.079 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB479
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -6.46, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 31.70, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0167 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.079 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2665, 44.5888, 24.5708)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB479 #7980BB

analogous

#BB9379 #BBB479 #A1BB79

triadic

#BBB479 #79BBB4 #B479BB

tetradic

#BBB479 #79BB93 #7980BB #BB79A1

square

#BBB479 #79BB93 #7980BB #BB79A1

split-complementary

#BBB479 #79A1BB #9379BB

monochromatic

#7B753E #A49B53 #BBB479 #D0CBA2 #E4E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBB479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB479

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB479	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.079 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa0',
    500: '#bbb479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb479;
$custom-light: #d0caa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB479

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#46AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB479

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

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