#BBBF79#BBBF79

#BBBF79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF79
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -12.17, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 36.94, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0331 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.092 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5759, 49.2075, 25.3406)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF79 #7D79BF

analogous

#BFA079 #BBBF79 #98BF79

triadic

#BBBF79 #79BBBF #BF79BB

tetradic

#BBBF79 #79BFA0 #7D79BF #BF7998

square

#BBBF79 #79BFA0 #7D79BF #BF7998

split-complementary

#BBBF79 #7998BF #A079BF

monochromatic

#7C803D #A5AA51 #BBBF79 #D0D3A2 #E5E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF79

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF79	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)

#C9B974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2a0',
    500: '#bbbf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf79;
$custom-light: #d0d2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF79

secondary

#BEBDD7

accent

#37AE3E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF79

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

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