#BBBA78#BBBA78

#BBBA78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.087 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA78
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -9.71, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 35.00, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0261 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.087 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4430, 47.0395, 24.6620)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA78 #7879BB

analogous

#BB9878 #BBBA78 #9BBB78

triadic

#BBBA78 #78BBBA #BA78BB

tetradic

#BBBA78 #78BB98 #7879BB #BB789B

square

#BBBA78 #78BB98 #7879BB #BB789B

split-complementary

#BBBA78 #789BBB #9878BB

monochromatic

#7B7A3E #A3A252 #BBBA78 #D0CFA1 #E4E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBBA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA78

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA78	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.087 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cea0',
    500: '#bbba78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba78;
$custom-light: #d0cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77431,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA78

secondary

#BBBBD4

accent

#3BAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA78

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

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