#BBB280#BBB280

#BBB280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.068 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB280
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -4.53, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 27.15, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0108 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.068 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3106, 43.9651, 26.7805)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB280 #8089BB

analogous

#BB9580 #BBB280 #A7BB80

triadic

#BBB280 #80BBB2 #B280BB

tetradic

#BBB280 #80BB95 #8089BB #BB80A7

square

#BBB280 #80BB95 #8089BB #BB80A7

split-complementary

#BBB280 #80A7BB #9580BB

monochromatic

#7D7543 #A59A59 #BBB280 #D0CAA8 #E6E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB280

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB280	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)

#BCAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.068 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a5',
    500: '#bbb280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb280;
$custom-light: #d0c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB280

secondary

#C0C4D6

accent

#4DA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB280

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

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