#BBB28D#BBB28D

#BBB28D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.051 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28D
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 141)
HSL	hsl(48, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -2.77, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 20.30, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0054 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.051 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.2217, 44.3295, 31.5791)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28D #8D96BB

analogous

#BB9B8D #BBB28D #ADBB8D

triadic

#BBB28D #8DBBB2 #B28DBB

tetradic

#BBB28D #8DBB9B #8D96BB #BB8DAD

square

#BBB28D #8DBB9B #8D96BB #BB8DAD

split-complementary

#BBB28D #8DADBB #9B8DBB

monochromatic

#81774D #A49867 #BBB28D #D2CCB3 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBB28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28D	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.051 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ae',
    500: '#bbb28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28d;
$custom-light: #d0c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.05142,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28D

secondary

#CACDDA

accent

#55A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28D

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

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