#BBB188#BBB188

#BBB188 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.057 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB188
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 136)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -2.94, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 22.51, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0059 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.057 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.6598, 43.7876, 29.5977)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB188 #8892BB

analogous

#BB9788 #BBB188 #ABBB88

triadic

#BBB188 #88BBB1 #B188BB

tetradic

#BBB188 #88BB97 #8892BB #BB88AB

square

#BBB188 #88BB97 #8892BB #BB88AB

split-complementary

#BBB188 #88ABBB #9788BB

monochromatic

#807549 #A59761 #BBB188 #D1CBAF #E8E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB188

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB188	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.057 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ab',
    500: '#bbb188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb188;
$custom-light: #d0c8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.05674,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB188

secondary

#C6CAD8

accent

#54A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB188

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

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