#BBB978#BBB978

#BBB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.086 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB978
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -9.19, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 34.53, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0246 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.086 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2331, 46.6196, 24.5920)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB978 #787ABB

analogous

#BB9778 #BBB978 #9BBB78

triadic

#BBB978 #78BBB9 #B978BB

tetradic

#BBB978 #78BB97 #787ABB #BB789B

square

#BBB978 #78BB97 #787ABB #BB789B

split-complementary

#BBB978 #789BBB #9778BB

monochromatic

#7B793E #A3A152 #BBB978 #D0CEA1 #E4E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BBB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB978

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB978	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.086 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda0',
    500: '#bbb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb978;
$custom-light: #d0cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB978

secondary

#BBBBD4

accent

#3DAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB978

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

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