#BBBD78#BBBD78

#BBBD78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.090 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD78
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -11.26, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 36.46, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0305 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.09 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0817, 48.3168, 24.8749)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD78 #7A78BD

analogous

#BD9C78 #BBBD78 #98BD78

triadic

#BBBD78 #78BBBD #BD78BB

tetradic

#BBBD78 #78BD9C #7A78BD #BD7898

square

#BBBD78 #78BD9C #7A78BD #BD7898

split-complementary

#BBBD78 #7898BD #9C78BD

monochromatic

#7B7D3D #A4A651 #BBBD78 #D0D1A1 #E4E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD78

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD78	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)

#C7B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.090 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a0',
    500: '#bbbd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd78;
$custom-light: #d0d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78074,
    "c": 0.09043,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD78

secondary

#BCBBD6

accent

#38AD3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD78

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

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