#BBB183#BBB183

#BBB183 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.063 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB183
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 131)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -3.61, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 25.14, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.008 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.063 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3127, 43.6487, 27.7698)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB183 #838DBB

analogous

#BB9583 #BBB183 #A9BB83

triadic

#BBB183 #83BBB1 #B183BB

tetradic

#BBB183 #83BB95 #838DBB #BB83A9

square

#BBB183 #83BB95 #838DBB #BB83A9

split-complementary

#BBB183 #83A9BB #9583BB

monochromatic

#7E7445 #A5985B #BBB183 #D1CAAB #E6E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB183

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB183	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.063 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a7',
    500: '#bbb183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb183;
$custom-light: #d0c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75732,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB183

secondary

#C3C6D7

accent

#51A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB183

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

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