#BBB97F#BBB97F

#BBB97F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.077 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB97F
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 127)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 32.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -8.34, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 30.91, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0218 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.077 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6736, 46.7958, 26.9117)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB97F #7F81BB

analogous

#BB9B7F #BBB97F #9FBB7F

triadic

#BBB97F #7FBBB9 #B97FBB

tetradic

#BBB97F #7FBB9B #7F81BB #BB7F9F

square

#BBB97F #7FBB9B #7F81BB #BB7F9F

split-complementary

#BBB97F #7F9FBB #9B7FBB

monochromatic

#7D7B42 #A5A358 #BBB97F #D0CFA7 #E5E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBB97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB97F

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB97F	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.077 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda4',
    500: '#bbb97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb97f;
$custom-light: #d0cda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77344,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB97F

secondary

#C0C0D6

accent

#40A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB97F

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

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