#BBB97D#BBB97D

#BBB97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.080 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB97D
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -8.59, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 31.94, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0226 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.08 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5445, 46.7442, 26.2321)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB97D #7D7FBB

analogous

#BB9A7D #BBB97D #9EBB7D

triadic

#BBB97D #7DBBB9 #B97DBB

tetradic

#BBB97D #7DBB9A #7D7FBB #BB7D9E

square

#BBB97D #7DBB9A #7D7FBB #BB7D9E

split-complementary

#BBB97D #7D9EBB #9A7DBB

monochromatic

#7C7B41 #A5A256 #BBB97D #D0CFA5 #E5E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBB97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB97D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB97D	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.080 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda3',
    500: '#bbb97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb97d;
$custom-light: #d0cda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77307,
    "c": 0.07952,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB97D

secondary

#BEBFD6

accent

#3FAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB97D

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

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