#BBB579#BBB579

#BBB579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.080 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB579
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -6.98, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 32.15, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0182 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.08 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4691, 44.9940, 24.6383)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB579 #797FBB

analogous

#BB9479 #BBB579 #A0BB79

triadic

#BBB579 #79BBB5 #B579BB

tetradic

#BBB579 #79BB94 #797FBB #BB79A0

square

#BBB579 #79BB94 #797FBB #BB79A0

split-complementary

#BBB579 #79A0BB #9479BB

monochromatic

#7B763E #A49C53 #BBB579 #D0CBA2 #E4E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBB579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB579

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB579	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.080 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cba0',
    500: '#bbb579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb579;
$custom-light: #d0cba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB579

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#44AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB579

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

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