#BBB281#BBB281

#BBB281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.067 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB281
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -4.40, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 26.62, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0104 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.067 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.3767, 43.9915, 27.1289)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB281 #818ABB

analogous

#BB9581 #BBB281 #A7BB81

triadic

#BBB281 #81BBB2 #B281BB

tetradic

#BBB281 #81BB95 #818ABB #BB81A7

square

#BBB281 #81BB95 #818ABB #BB81A7

split-complementary

#BBB281 #81A7BB #9581BB

monochromatic

#7E7544 #A59A59 #BBB281 #D0CAA9 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB281

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB281	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.067 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a6',
    500: '#bbb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb281;
$custom-light: #d0c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75901,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB281

secondary

#C1C5D7

accent

#4EA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB281

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

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