#BBAF8B#BBAF8B

#BBAF8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.051 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF8B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 139)
HSL	hsl(45, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -1.46, 20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 20.10, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0016 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.051 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4839, 43.0897, 30.6056)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF8B #8B97BB

analogous

#BB978B #BBAF8B #AFBB8B

triadic

#BBAF8B #8BBBAF #AF8BBB

tetradic

#BBAF8B #8BBB97 #8B97BB #BB8BAF

square

#BBAF8B #8BBB97 #8B97BB #BB8BAF

split-complementary

#BBAF8B #8BAFBB #978BBB

monochromatic

#80734B #A49464 #BBAF8B #D2CAB2 #E8E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBAF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF8B

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF8B	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.051 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ad',
    500: '#bbaf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf8b;
$custom-light: #d0c6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.051,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF8B

secondary

#C8CDD9

accent

#5AA541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF8B

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

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