#BBBB77#BBBB77

#BBBB77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.089 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB77
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -10.35, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 36.00, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.028 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.089 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5941, 47.4381, 24.4145)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB77 #7777BB

analogous

#BB9977 #BBBB77 #99BB77

triadic

#BBBB77 #77BBBB #BB77BB

tetradic

#BBBB77 #77BB99 #7777BB #BB7799

square

#BBBB77 #77BB99 #7777BB #BB7799

split-complementary

#BBBB77 #7799BB #9977BB

monochromatic

#7A7A3D #A3A352 #BBBB77 #CFCFA0 #E4E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBB77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBBB77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB77

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB77	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.089 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf9f',
    500: '#bbbb77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb77;
$custom-light: #d0cf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB77

secondary

#BABAD4

accent

#5EC95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB77

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

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