#BBB787#BBB787

#BBB787 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.065 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB787
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -6.25, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 25.76, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0154 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.065 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8003, 46.1818, 29.6290)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB787 #878BBB

analogous

#BB9D87 #BBB787 #A5BB87

triadic

#BBB787 #87BBB7 #B787BB

tetradic

#BBB787 #87BB9D #878BBB #BB87A5

square

#BBB787 #87BB9D #878BBB #BB87A5

split-complementary

#BBB787 #87A5BB #9D87BB

monochromatic

#7F7B48 #A5A060 #BBB787 #D1CEAE #E7E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBB787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB787

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB787	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.065 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccaa',
    500: '#bbb787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb787;
$custom-light: #d0ccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB787

secondary

#C6C7D8

accent

#47A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB787

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

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