#BBBC79#BBBC79

#BBBC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.088 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC79
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -10.63, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 35.46, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0287 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.088 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.9283, 47.9125, 25.1247)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC79 #7A79BC

analogous

#BC9B79 #BBBC79 #99BC79

triadic

#BBBC79 #79BBBC #BC79BB

tetradic

#BBBC79 #79BC9B #7A79BC #BC7999

square

#BBBC79 #79BC9B #7A79BC #BC7999

split-complementary

#BBBC79 #7999BC #9B79BC

monochromatic

#7B7C3E #A4A553 #BBBC79 #D0D0A2 #E4E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC79

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC79	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.088 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a0',
    500: '#bbbc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc79;
$custom-light: #d0d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC79

secondary

#BCBCD5

accent

#39AC3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC79

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

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