#BBBA79#BBBA79

#BBBA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.086 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA79
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -9.59, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 34.49, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0257 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.086 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5040, 47.0639, 24.9833)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA79 #797ABB

analogous

#BB9979 #BBBA79 #9BBB79

triadic

#BBBA79 #79BBBA #BA79BB

tetradic

#BBBA79 #79BB99 #797ABB #BB799B

square

#BBBA79 #79BB99 #797ABB #BB799B

split-complementary

#BBBA79 #799BBB #9979BB

monochromatic

#7B7A3E #A4A253 #BBBA79 #D0CFA2 #E4E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBBA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA79

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA79	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)

#C4B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.086 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cea0',
    500: '#bbba79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba79;
$custom-light: #d0cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA79

secondary

#BBBCD5

accent

#3CAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA79

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

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