#BBB290#BBB290

#BBB290 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.048 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB290
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 144)
HSL	hsl(47, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -2.34, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 18.72, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0041 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.048 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4479, 44.4200, 32.7706)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB290 #9099BB

analogous

#BB9D90 #BBB290 #AEBB90

triadic

#BBB290 #90BBB2 #B290BB

tetradic

#BBB290 #90BB9D #9099BB #BB90AE

square

#BBB290 #90BB9D #9099BB #BB90AE

split-complementary

#BBB290 #90AEBB #9D90BB

monochromatic

#81774F #A4986A #BBB290 #D2CCB6 #E9E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB290

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB290	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#B9B08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.048 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b0',
    500: '#bbb290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb290;
$custom-light: #d0c9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7622,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB290

secondary

#CCCFDB

accent

#57A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB290

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

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