#BBBD7D#BBBD7D

#BBBD7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.085 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD7D
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 125)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 33.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -10.66, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 33.90, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0285 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.085 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3931, 48.4413, 26.5149)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD7D #7F7DBD

analogous

#BD9F7D #BBBD7D #9BBD7D

triadic

#BBBD7D #7DBBBD #BD7DBB

tetradic

#BBBD7D #7DBD9F #7F7DBD #BD7D9B

square

#BBBD7D #7DBD9F #7F7DBD #BD7D9B

split-complementary

#BBBD7D #7D9BBD #9F7DBD

monochromatic

#7D7F41 #A5A855 #BBBD7D #D0D2A6 #E5E6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBD7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBD7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD7D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD7D	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.085 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a3',
    500: '#bbbd7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd7d;
$custom-light: #d0d0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78161,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD7D

secondary

#C0BFD7

accent

#3AAB3E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD7D

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

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