#BBB28F#BBB28F

#BBB28F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.049 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB28F
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 143)
HSL	hsl(48, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -2.48, 19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 19.24, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0045 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.049 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3719, 44.3896, 32.3699)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB28F #8F98BB

analogous

#BB9C8F #BBB28F #AEBB8F

triadic

#BBB28F #8FBBB2 #B28FBB

tetradic

#BBB28F #8FBB9C #8F98BB #BB8FAE

square

#BBB28F #8FBB9C #8F98BB #BB8FAE

split-complementary

#BBB28F #8FAEBB #9C8FBB

monochromatic

#81774E #A49869 #BBB28F #D2CCB5 #E9E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB28F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB28F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB28F

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB28F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB28F	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb28f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.049 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b0',
    500: '#bbb28f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb28f;
$custom-light: #d0c9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb28f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.04886,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB28F

secondary

#CBCEDA

accent

#56A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB28F

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

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