#BBBD77#BBBD77

#BBBD77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.092 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD77
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 119)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -11.38, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 36.97, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0309 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.092 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0213, 48.2926, 24.5570)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD77 #7977BD

analogous

#BD9C77 #BBBD77 #98BD77

triadic

#BBBD77 #77BBBD #BD77BB

tetradic

#BBBD77 #77BD9C #7977BD #BD7798

square

#BBBD77 #77BD9C #7977BD #BD7798

split-complementary

#BBBD77 #7798BD #9C77BD

monochromatic

#7B7D3D #A4A651 #BBBD77 #D0D1A0 #E4E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD77

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD77	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.092 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d09f',
    500: '#bbbd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd77;
$custom-light: #d0d09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD77

secondary

#BBBBD5

accent

#38AD3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD77

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

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