#BBB18D#BBB18D

#BBB18D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.050 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB18D
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -2.24, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 19.87, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0038 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.05 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0235, 43.9330, 31.5130)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB18D #8D97BB

analogous

#BB9A8D #BBB18D #AEBB8D

triadic

#BBB18D #8DBBB1 #B18DBB

tetradic

#BBB18D #8DBB9A #8D97BB #BB8DAE

square

#BBB18D #8DBB9A #8D97BB #BB8DAE

split-complementary

#BBB18D #8DAEBB #9A8DBB

monochromatic

#81754D #A49767 #BBB18D #D2CBB3 #E9E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB18D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB18D	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.050 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ae',
    500: '#bbb18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb18d;
$custom-light: #d0c8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.0504,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB18D

secondary

#CACDDA

accent

#57A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB18D

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

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