#BBBE77#BBBE77

#BBBE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.093 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE77
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 37.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -11.89, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 37.46, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0324 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.093 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2372, 48.7243, 24.6289)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE77 #7A77BE

analogous

#BE9D77 #BBBE77 #97BE77

triadic

#BBBE77 #77BBBE #BE77BB

tetradic

#BBBE77 #77BE9D #7A77BE #BE7797

square

#BBBE77 #77BE9D #7A77BE #BE7797

split-complementary

#BBBE77 #7797BE #9D77BE

monochromatic

#7B7E3C #A4A850 #BBBE77 #D0D2A0 #E4E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BBBE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE77

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE77	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.093 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d19f',
    500: '#bbbe77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe77;
$custom-light: #d0d19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 35.323,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE77

secondary

#BCBBD6

accent

#37AE3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE77

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

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