#BBBF78#BBBF78

#BBBF78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.093 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF78
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -12.29, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 37.45, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0335 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.093 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5149, 49.1831, 25.0193)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF78 #7C78BF

analogous

#BF9F78 #BBBF78 #97BF78

triadic

#BBBF78 #78BBBF #BF78BB

tetradic

#BBBF78 #78BF9F #7C78BF #BF7897

square

#BBBF78 #78BF9F #7C78BF #BF7897

split-complementary

#BBBF78 #7897BF #9F78BF

monochromatic

#7C803D #A4A950 #BBBF78 #D0D3A2 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBF78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBF78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF78

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF78	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.093 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2a0',
    500: '#bbbf78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf78;
$custom-light: #d0d2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78504,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF78

secondary

#BEBCD7

accent

#37AF3E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF78

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

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