#BBB779#BBB779

#BBB779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.082 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB779
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -8.03, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 33.07, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0212 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.082 105)
XYZ	xyz(40.8787, 45.8131, 24.7749)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB779 #797DBB

analogous

#BB9679 #BBB779 #9EBB79

triadic

#BBB779 #79BBB7 #B779BB

tetradic

#BBB779 #79BB96 #797DBB #BB799E

square

#BBB779 #79BB96 #797DBB #BB799E

split-complementary

#BBB779 #799EBB #9679BB

monochromatic

#7B773E #A49F53 #BBB779 #D0CDA2 #E4E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBB779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB779

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB779	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.082 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cca0',
    500: '#bbb779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb779;
$custom-light: #d0cca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76808,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB779

secondary

#BBBDD5

accent

#41AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB779

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

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