#BBB18B#BBB18B

#BBB18B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.053 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB18B
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -2.52, 20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 20.93, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0047 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.053 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8760, 43.8740, 30.7363)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB18B #8B95BB

analogous

#BB998B #BBB18B #ADBB8B

triadic

#BBB18B #8BBBB1 #B18BBB

tetradic

#BBB18B #8BBB99 #8B95BB #BB8BAD

square

#BBB18B #8BBB99 #8B95BB #BB8BAD

split-complementary

#BBB18B #8BADBB #998BBB

monochromatic

#80754B #A49764 #BBB18B #D2CBB2 #E8E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB18B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB18B	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.053 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ad',
    500: '#bbb18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb18b;
$custom-light: #d0c8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.759,
    "c": 0.05295,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB18B

secondary

#C8CCD9

accent

#56A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB18B

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

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