#BBB577#BBB577

#BBB577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB577
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -7.22, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 33.18, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.019 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3477, 44.9454, 23.9991)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB577 #777DBB

analogous

#BB9377 #BBB577 #9FBB77

triadic

#BBB577 #77BBB5 #B577BB

tetradic

#BBB577 #77BB93 #777DBB #BB779F

square

#BBB577 #77BB93 #777DBB #BB779F

split-complementary

#BBB577 #779FBB #9377BB

monochromatic

#7A753D #A39C52 #BBB577 #CFCBA0 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBB577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB577

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB577	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb9f',
    500: '#bbb577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb577;
$custom-light: #d0cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76347,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB577

secondary

#BABCD4

accent

#68C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB577

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

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