#BBB47C#BBB47C

#BBB47C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.075 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB47C
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -6.09, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 30.13, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0155 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.075 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4533, 44.6635, 25.5548)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB47C #7C83BB

analogous

#BB947C #BBB47C #A2BB7C

triadic

#BBB47C #7CBBB4 #B47CBB

tetradic

#BBB47C #7CBB94 #7C83BB #BB7CA2

square

#BBB47C #7CBB94 #7C83BB #BB7CA2

split-complementary

#BBB47C #7CA2BB #947CBB

monochromatic

#7C7640 #A49C55 #BBB47C #D0CBA4 #E5E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB47C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB47C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB47C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB47C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB47C	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#BEB078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb47c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.075 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa2',
    500: '#bbb47c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb47c;
$custom-light: #d0caa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb47c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB47C

secondary

#BEC0D5

accent

#47AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB47C

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

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