#BBB28B#BBB28B

#BBB28B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.054 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28B
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -3.05, 21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 21.36, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0062 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.054 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0742, 44.2705, 30.8024)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28B #8B94BB

analogous

#BB9A8B #BBB28B #ACBB8B

triadic

#BBB28B #8BBBB2 #B28BBB

tetradic

#BBB28B #8BBB9A #8B94BB #BB8BAC

square

#BBB28B #8BBB9A #8B94BB #BB8BAC

split-complementary

#BBB28B #8BACBB #9A8BBB

monochromatic

#80764B #A49864 #BBB28B #D2CCB2 #E8E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28B	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)

#BAB089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.054 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ad',
    500: '#bbb28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28b;
$custom-light: #d0c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28B

secondary

#C8CCD9

accent

#54A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28B

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

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