#BBB181#BBB181

#BBB181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.065 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB181
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -3.87, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 26.19, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0088 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.065 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1785, 43.5950, 27.0628)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB181 #818BBB

analogous

#BB9481 #BBB181 #A8BB81

triadic

#BBB181 #81BBB1 #B181BB

tetradic

#BBB181 #81BB94 #818BBB #BB81A8

square

#BBB181 #81BB94 #818BBB #BB81A8

split-complementary

#BBB181 #81A8BB #9481BB

monochromatic

#7E7444 #A59859 #BBB181 #D0CAA9 #E6E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB181

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB181	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.065 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a6',
    500: '#bbb181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb181;
$custom-light: #d0c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB181

secondary

#C1C5D7

accent

#4FA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB181

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

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