#BBB575#BBB575

#BBB575 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.084 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB575
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 117)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -7.46, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 34.22, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0198 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.084 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2289, 44.8979, 23.3732)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB575 #757BBB

analogous

#BB9275 #BBB575 #9EBB75

triadic

#BBB575 #75BBB5 #B575BB

tetradic

#BBB575 #75BB92 #757BBB #BB759E

square

#BBB575 #75BB92 #757BBB #BB759E

split-complementary

#BBB575 #759EBB #9275BB

monochromatic

#7A743C #A39C50 #BBB575 #CFCB9E #E3E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBB575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB575

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB575	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.084 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb9d',
    500: '#bbb575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb575;
$custom-light: #d0cb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB575

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#67CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB575

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

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