#BBB78B#BBB78B

#BBB78B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.060 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB78B
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -5.70, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 23.65, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0138 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.06 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0873, 46.2966, 31.1401)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB78B #8B8FBB

analogous

#BB9F8B #BBB78B #A7BB8B

triadic

#BBB78B #8BBBB7 #B78BBB

tetradic

#BBB78B #8BBB9F #8B8FBB #BB8BA7

square

#BBB78B #8BBB9F #8B8FBB #BB8BA7

split-complementary

#BBB78B #8BA7BB #9F8BBB

monochromatic

#807C4B #A49F64 #BBB78B #D2CFB2 #E8E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB78B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB78B	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.060 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccad',
    500: '#bbb78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb78b;
$custom-light: #d0ccad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77159,
    "c": 0.05962,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB78B

secondary

#C8CAD9

accent

#49A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB78B

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

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