#BBB18E#BBB18E

#BBB18E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.049 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB18E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(47, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -2.10, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 19.35, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0034 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.049 94)
XYZ	xyz(41.0982, 43.9629, 31.9066)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB18E #8E98BB

analogous

#BB9B8E #BBB18E #AFBB8E

triadic

#BBB18E #8EBBB1 #B18EBB

tetradic

#BBB18E #8EBB9B #8E98BB #BB8EAF

square

#BBB18E #8EBB9B #8E98BB #BB8EAF

split-complementary

#BBB18E #8EAFBB #9B8EBB

monochromatic

#81764E #A49768 #BBB18E #D2CBB4 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB18E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB18E	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#B9AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.049 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8af',
    500: '#bbb18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb18e;
$custom-light: #d0c8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75967,
    "c": 0.04913,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB18E

secondary

#CBCEDA

accent

#58A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB18E

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

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