#BBBA77#BBBA77

#BBBA77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.088 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA77
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -9.83, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 35.52, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0265 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.088 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3827, 47.0153, 24.3441)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA77 #7778BB

analogous

#BB9877 #BBBA77 #9ABB77

triadic

#BBBA77 #77BBBA #BA77BB

tetradic

#BBBA77 #77BB98 #7778BB #BB779A

square

#BBBA77 #77BB98 #7778BB #BB779A

split-complementary

#BBBA77 #779ABB #9877BB

monochromatic

#7A7A3D #A3A252 #BBBA77 #CFCFA0 #E4E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBBA77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA77

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA77	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.088 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce9f',
    500: '#bbba77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba77;
$custom-light: #d0ce9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA77

secondary

#BABAD4

accent

#60C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA77

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

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