#BBB189#BBB189

#BBB189 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.055 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB189
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 137)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -2.80, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 21.98, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0055 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.055 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7312, 43.8161, 29.9738)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB189 #8993BB

analogous

#BB9889 #BBB189 #ACBB89

triadic

#BBB189 #89BBB1 #B189BB

tetradic

#BBB189 #89BB98 #8993BB #BB89AC

square

#BBB189 #89BB98 #8993BB #BB89AC

split-complementary

#BBB189 #89ACBB #9889BB

monochromatic

#80754A #A59762 #BBB189 #D1CBB0 #E8E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB189

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB189	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)

#B9AF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.055 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ab',
    500: '#bbb189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb189;
$custom-light: #d0c8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.05547,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB189

secondary

#C7CBD9

accent

#54A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB189

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

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