#BBB089#BBB089

#BBB089 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.054 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB089
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 137)
HSL	hsl(47, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -2.27, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 21.56, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.004 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.054 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5344, 43.4225, 29.9082)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB089 #8994BB

analogous

#BB9789 #BBB089 #ADBB89

triadic

#BBB089 #89BBB0 #B089BB

tetradic

#BBB089 #89BB97 #8994BB #BB89AD

square

#BBB089 #89BB97 #8994BB #BB89AD

split-complementary

#BBB089 #89ADBB #9789BB

monochromatic

#80744A #A59662 #BBB089 #D1CAB0 #E8E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB089

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB089	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.054 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7ab',
    500: '#bbb089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb089;
$custom-light: #d0c7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.05448,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB089

secondary

#C7CBD9

accent

#56A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB089

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

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