#BBB184#BBB184

#BBB184 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.062 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB184
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 132)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -3.48, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 24.61, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0076 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.062 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3808, 43.6760, 28.1284)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB184 #848EBB

analogous

#BB9584 #BBB184 #A9BB84

triadic

#BBB184 #84BBB1 #B184BB

tetradic

#BBB184 #84BB95 #848EBB #BB84A9

square

#BBB184 #84BB95 #848EBB #BB84A9

split-complementary

#BBB184 #84A9BB #9584BB

monochromatic

#7F7446 #A5985D #BBB184 #D1CAAB #E7E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB184

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB184	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.062 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a8',
    500: '#bbb184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb184;
$custom-light: #d0c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75752,
    "c": 0.06176,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB184

secondary

#C3C7D7

accent

#51A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB184

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

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