#BBB287#BBB287

#BBB287 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.059 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB287
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -3.61, 23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 23.47, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0079 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.059 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7873, 44.1557, 29.2913)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB287 #8790BB

analogous

#BB9887 #BBB287 #AABB87

triadic

#BBB287 #87BBB2 #B287BB

tetradic

#BBB287 #87BB98 #8790BB #BB87AA

square

#BBB287 #87BB98 #8790BB #BB87AA

split-complementary

#BBB287 #87AABB #9887BB

monochromatic

#7F7648 #A59960 #BBB287 #D1CBAE #E7E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBB287 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB287

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB287	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.059 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8aa',
    500: '#bbb287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb287;
$custom-light: #d0c8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.05905,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB287

secondary

#C6C9D8

accent

#51A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB287

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

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