#BBB975#BBB975

#BBB975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.089 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB975
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 117)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -9.54, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 36.06, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0258 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.089 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0539, 46.5479, 23.6482)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB975 #7577BB

analogous

#BB9675 #BBB975 #9ABB75

triadic

#BBB975 #75BBB9 #B975BB

tetradic

#BBB975 #75BB96 #7577BB #BB759A

square

#BBB975 #75BB96 #7577BB #BB759A

split-complementary

#BBB975 #759ABB #9675BB

monochromatic

#7A783C #A3A050 #BBB975 #CFCE9E #E3E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBB975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB975

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB975	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.089 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cd9d',
    500: '#bbb975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb975;
$custom-light: #d0cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB975

secondary

#B8B9D3

accent

#61CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB975

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

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