#BBB980#BBB980

#BBB980 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.076 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB980
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -8.21, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 30.39, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0213 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.076 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7391, 46.8220, 27.2567)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB980 #8082BB

analogous

#BB9C80 #BBB980 #A0BB80

triadic

#BBB980 #80BBB9 #B980BB

tetradic

#BBB980 #80BB9C #8082BB #BB80A0

square

#BBB980 #80BB9C #8082BB #BB80A0

split-complementary

#BBB980 #80A0BB #9C80BB

monochromatic

#7D7B43 #A5A359 #BBB980 #D0CFA8 #E6E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBB980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB980

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB980	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)

#C2B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.076 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cda5',
    500: '#bbb980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb980;
$custom-light: #d0cda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77363,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB980

secondary

#C0C1D6

accent

#40A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB980

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

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