#BBB28E#BBB28E

#BBB28E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.050 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28E
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 142)
HSL	hsl(48, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -2.63, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 19.77, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0049 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.05 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2964, 44.3594, 31.9727)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28E #8E97BB

analogous

#BB9C8E #BBB28E #AEBB8E

triadic

#BBB28E #8EBBB2 #B28EBB

tetradic

#BBB28E #8EBB9C #8E97BB #BB8EAE

square

#BBB28E #8EBB9C #8E97BB #BB8EAE

split-complementary

#BBB28E #8EAEBB #9C8EBB

monochromatic

#81774E #A49868 #BBB28E #D2CCB4 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBB28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28E	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)

#BAB08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.050 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9af',
    500: '#bbb28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28e;
$custom-light: #d0c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.05014,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28E

secondary

#CBCEDA

accent

#56A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28E

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

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