#BBB18C#BBB18C

#BBB18C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.052 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB18C
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 140)
HSL	hsl(47, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -2.38, 20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 20.40, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0042 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.052 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9494, 43.9034, 31.1229)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB18C #8C96BB

analogous

#BB9A8C #BBB18C #AEBB8C

triadic

#BBB18C #8CBBB1 #B18CBB

tetradic

#BBB18C #8CBB9A #8C96BB #BB8CAE

square

#BBB18C #8CBB9A #8C96BB #BB8CAE

split-complementary

#BBB18C #8CAEBB #9A8CBB

monochromatic

#81754C #A49766 #BBB18C #D2CBB2 #E8E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB18C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB18C	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.052 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ad',
    500: '#bbb18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb18c;
$custom-light: #d0c8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.05168,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB18C

secondary

#C9CDDA

accent

#56A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB18C

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

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