#BBB185#BBB185

#BBB185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.061 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB185
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -3.35, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 24.09, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0072 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.061 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4496, 43.7035, 28.4906)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB185 #858FBB

analogous

#BB9685 #BBB185 #AABB85

triadic

#BBB185 #85BBB1 #B185BB

tetradic

#BBB185 #85BB96 #858FBB #BB85AA

square

#BBB185 #85BB96 #858FBB #BB85AA

split-complementary

#BBB185 #85AABB #9685BB

monochromatic

#7F7447 #A5985E #BBB185 #D1CAAC #E7E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB185

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB185	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)

#BAAE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.061 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a8',
    500: '#bbb185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb185;
$custom-light: #d0c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.06051,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB185

secondary

#C4C8D8

accent

#52A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB185

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

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