#BBB97E#BBB97E

#BBB97E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.078 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB97E
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 126)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -8.46, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 31.43, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0222 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.078 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6087, 46.7699, 26.5702)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB97E #7E80BB

analogous

#BB9B7E #BBB97E #9FBB7E

triadic

#BBB97E #7EBBB9 #B97EBB

tetradic

#BBB97E #7EBB9B #7E80BB #BB7E9F

square

#BBB97E #7EBB9B #7E80BB #BB7E9F

split-complementary

#BBB97E #7E9FBB #9B7EBB

monochromatic

#7D7B42 #A5A257 #BBB97E #D0CFA6 #E5E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBB97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB97E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB97E	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)

#C3B47A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.078 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda4',
    500: '#bbb97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb97e;
$custom-light: #d0cda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB97E

secondary

#BFC0D6

accent

#3FAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB97E

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

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