#BBB480#BBB480

#BBB480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.070 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB480
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -5.59, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 28.04, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0138 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.07 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7114, 44.7667, 26.9141)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB480 #8087BB

analogous

#BB9780 #BBB480 #A5BB80

triadic

#BBB480 #80BBB4 #B480BB

tetradic

#BBB480 #80BB97 #8087BB #BB80A5

square

#BBB480 #80BB97 #8087BB #BB80A5

split-complementary

#BBB480 #80A5BB #9780BB

monochromatic

#7D7743 #A59C59 #BBB480 #D0CCA8 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB480

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB480	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.070 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa5',
    500: '#bbb480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb480;
$custom-light: #d0caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76303,
    "c": 0.06999,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB480

secondary

#C0C3D6

accent

#49A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB480

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

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