#BBB97C#BBB97C

#BBB97C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.081 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB97C
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -8.71, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 32.46, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.023 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.081 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4810, 46.7188, 25.8973)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB97C #7C7EBB

analogous

#BB997C #BBB97C #9DBB7C

triadic

#BBB97C #7CBBB9 #B97CBB

tetradic

#BBB97C #7CBB99 #7C7EBB #BB7C9D

square

#BBB97C #7CBB99 #7C7EBB #BB7C9D

split-complementary

#BBB97C #7C9DBB #997CBB

monochromatic

#7C7A40 #A4A255 #BBB97C #D0CFA4 #E5E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBB97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB97C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB97C	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)

#C3B478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.081 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda2',
    500: '#bbb97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb97c;
$custom-light: #d0cda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77288,
    "c": 0.08073,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB97C

secondary

#BEBED5

accent

#3FAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB97C

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

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