#BBBB79#BBBB79

#BBBB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.087 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB79
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -10.11, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 34.97, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0272 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.087 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7155, 47.4867, 25.0538)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB79 #7979BB

analogous

#BB9A79 #BBBB79 #9ABB79

triadic

#BBBB79 #79BBBB #BB79BB

tetradic

#BBBB79 #79BB9A #7979BB #BB799A

square

#BBBB79 #79BB9A #7979BB #BB799A

split-complementary

#BBBB79 #799ABB #9A79BB

monochromatic

#7B7B3E #A4A453 #BBBB79 #D0D0A2 #E4E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB79

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB79	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.087 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfa0',
    500: '#bbbb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb79;
$custom-light: #d0cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77662,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB79

secondary

#BBBBD5

accent

#3AAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB79

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

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