#BBB08B#BBB08B

#BBB08B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.052 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB08B
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -1.99, 20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 20.51, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0031 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.052 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6792, 43.4804, 30.6708)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB08B #8B96BB

analogous

#BB988B #BBB08B #AEBB8B

triadic

#BBB08B #8BBBB0 #B08BBB

tetradic

#BBB08B #8BBB98 #8B96BB #BB8BAE

square

#BBB08B #8BBB98 #8B96BB #BB8BAE

split-complementary

#BBB08B #8BAEBB #988BBB

monochromatic

#80744B #A49664 #BBB08B #D2CAB2 #E8E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB08B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB08B	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.052 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7ad',
    500: '#bbb08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb08b;
$custom-light: #d0c7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.05194,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB08B

secondary

#C8CCD9

accent

#58A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB08B

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

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