#BBBB81#BBBB81

#BBBB81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.077 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB81
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -9.12, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 30.84, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0239 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.077 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2265, 47.6911, 27.7455)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB81 #8181BB

analogous

#BB9E81 #BBBB81 #9EBB81

triadic

#BBBB81 #81BBBB #BB81BB

tetradic

#BBBB81 #81BB9E #8181BB #BB819E

square

#BBBB81 #81BB9E #8181BB #BB819E

split-complementary

#BBBB81 #819EBB #9E81BB

monochromatic

#7E7E44 #A5A559 #BBBB81 #D0D0A9 #E6E6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB81

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB81	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.077 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfa6',
    500: '#bbbb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb81;
$custom-light: #d0cfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB81

secondary

#C1C1D7

accent

#3DA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB81

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

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