#BBBB78#BBBB78

#BBBB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.088 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB78
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -10.23, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 35.48, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0276 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.088 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6544, 47.4623, 24.7325)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB78 #7878BB

analogous

#BB9978 #BBBB78 #99BB78

triadic

#BBBB78 #78BBBB #BB78BB

tetradic

#BBBB78 #78BB99 #7878BB #BB7899

square

#BBBB78 #78BB99 #7878BB #BB7899

split-complementary

#BBBB78 #7899BB #9978BB

monochromatic

#7B7B3E #A3A352 #BBBB78 #D0D0A1 #E4E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBBB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB78

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB78	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)

#C5B673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.088 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfa0',
    500: '#bbbb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb78;
$custom-light: #d0cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB78

secondary

#BBBBD4

accent

#3AAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB78

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

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