#BBB28A#BBB28A

#BBB28A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.055 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28A
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -3.19, 21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 21.88, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0066 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.055 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0015, 44.2414, 30.4194)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28A #8A93BB

analogous

#BB998A #BBB28A #ABBB8A

triadic

#BBB28A #8ABBB2 #B28ABB

tetradic

#BBB28A #8ABB99 #8A93BB #BB8AAB

square

#BBB28A #8ABB99 #8A93BB #BB8AAB

split-complementary

#BBB28A #8AABBB #998ABB

monochromatic

#80764A #A59963 #BBB28A #D1CBB1 #E8E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28A	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.055 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ac',
    500: '#bbb28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28a;
$custom-light: #d0c9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76088,
    "c": 0.05525,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28A

secondary

#C8CBD9

accent

#53A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28A

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

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