#BBBD79#BBBD79

#BBBD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.089 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD79
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -11.14, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 35.95, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0301 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.089 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1427, 48.3412, 25.1962)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD79 #7B79BD

analogous

#BD9D79 #BBBD79 #99BD79

triadic

#BBBD79 #79BBBD #BD79BB

tetradic

#BBBD79 #79BD9D #7B79BD #BD7999

square

#BBBD79 #79BD9D #7B79BD #BD7999

split-complementary

#BBBD79 #7999BD #9D79BD

monochromatic

#7C7E3E #A4A752 #BBBD79 #D0D1A2 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD79

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD79	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.089 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a0',
    500: '#bbbd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd79;
$custom-light: #d0d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78091,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD79

secondary

#BDBCD6

accent

#39AD3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD79

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

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