#BBB28C#BBB28C

#BBB28C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.053 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28C
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -2.91, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 20.83, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0058 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.053 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1476, 44.2999, 31.1890)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28C #8C95BB

analogous

#BB9B8C #BBB28C #ADBB8C

triadic

#BBB28C #8CBBB2 #B28CBB

tetradic

#BBB28C #8CBB9B #8C95BB #BB8CAD

square

#BBB28C #8CBB9B #8C95BB #BB8CAD

split-complementary

#BBB28C #8CADBB #9B8CBB

monochromatic

#81774C #A49866 #BBB28C #D2CCB2 #E8E6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28C

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28C	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.053 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ad',
    500: '#bbb28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28c;
$custom-light: #d0c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76131,
    "c": 0.0527,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28C

secondary

#C9CCDA

accent

#54A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28C

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

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