#BBBD7C#BBBD7C

#BBBD7C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.086 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD7C
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 124)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -10.78, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 34.41, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0289 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.086 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3295, 48.4159, 26.1802)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD7C #7E7CBD

analogous

#BD9F7C #BBBD7C #9BBD7C

triadic

#BBBD7C #7CBBBD #BD7CBB

tetradic

#BBBD7C #7CBD9F #7E7CBD #BD7C9B

square

#BBBD7C #7CBD9F #7E7CBD #BD7C9B

split-complementary

#BBBD7C #7C9BBD #9F7CBD

monochromatic

#7D7F40 #A5A754 #BBBD7C #D0D2A5 #E5E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD7C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD7C	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.086 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a2',
    500: '#bbbd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd7c;
$custom-light: #d0d0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD7C

secondary

#BFBED7

accent

#3AAC3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD7C

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

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