#BBB289#BBB289

#BBB289 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.057 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB289
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -3.33, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 22.41, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.007 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.057 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9294, 44.2126, 30.0399)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB289 #8992BB

analogous

#BB9989 #BBB289 #ABBB89

triadic

#BBB289 #89BBB2 #B289BB

tetradic

#BBB289 #89BB99 #8992BB #BB89AB

square

#BBB289 #89BB99 #8992BB #BB89AB

split-complementary

#BBB289 #89ABBB #9989BB

monochromatic

#80764A #A59962 #BBB289 #D1CBB0 #E8E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBB289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB289

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB289	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.057 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ab',
    500: '#bbb289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb289;
$custom-light: #d0c8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.05652,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB289

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#52A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB289

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

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