#BBB97B#BBB97B

#BBB97B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.082 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB97B
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -8.83, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 32.98, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0234 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.082 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4180, 46.6936, 25.5660)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB97B #7B7DBB

analogous

#BB997B #BBB97B #9DBB7B

triadic

#BBB97B #7BBBB9 #B97BBB

tetradic

#BBB97B #7BBB99 #7B7DBB #BB7B9D

square

#BBB97B #7BBB99 #7B7DBB #BB7B9D

split-complementary

#BBB97B #7B9DBB #997BBB

monochromatic

#7C7A40 #A4A255 #BBB97B #D0CEA3 #E5E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBB97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB97B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB97B	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.082 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda2',
    500: '#bbb97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb97b;
$custom-light: #d0cda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7727,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB97B

secondary

#BDBED5

accent

#3EAB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB97B

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

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