#BBB47B#BBB47B

#BBB47B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.076 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB47B
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -6.22, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 30.66, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0159 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.076 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3904, 44.6383, 25.2234)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB47B #7B82BB

analogous

#BB947B #BBB47B #A2BB7B

triadic

#BBB47B #7BBBB4 #B47BBB

tetradic

#BBB47B #7BBB94 #7B82BB #BB7BA2

square

#BBB47B #7BBB94 #7B82BB #BB7BA2

split-complementary

#BBB47B #7BA2BB #947BBB

monochromatic

#7C7540 #A49B55 #BBB47B #D0CBA3 #E5E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB47B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB47B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB47B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB47B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB47B	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb47b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.076 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa1',
    500: '#bbb47b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb47b;
$custom-light: #d0caa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb47b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB47B

secondary

#BDBFD5

accent

#47AB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB47B

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

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