#BBBF77#BBBF77

#BBBF77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.094 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF77
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 119)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -12.41, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 37.95, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0339 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.094 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4545, 49.1590, 24.7014)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF77 #7B77BF

analogous

#BF9F77 #BBBF77 #97BF77

triadic

#BBBF77 #77BBBF #BF77BB

tetradic

#BBBF77 #77BF9F #7B77BF #BF7797

square

#BBBF77 #77BF9F #7B77BF #BF7797

split-complementary

#BBBF77 #7797BF #9F77BF

monochromatic

#7C803C #A4A950 #BBBF77 #D0D3A1 #E5E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBF77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBF77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF77

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF77	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.094 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d29f',
    500: '#bbbf77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf77;
$custom-light: #d0d29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF77

secondary

#BDBBD7

accent

#37AF3D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF77

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

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