#BBB291#BBB291

#BBB291 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.046 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB291
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 145)
HSL	hsl(47, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -2.19, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 18.19, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0037 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.046 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5247, 44.4507, 33.1749)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB291 #919ABB

analogous

#BB9D91 #BBB291 #AFBB91

triadic

#BBB291 #91BBB2 #B291BB

tetradic

#BBB291 #91BB9D #919ABB #BB91AF

square

#BBB291 #91BB9D #919ABB #BB91AF

split-complementary

#BBB291 #91AFBB #9D91BB

monochromatic

#827750 #A4986B #BBB291 #D2CCB7 #EAE7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBB291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB291

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB291	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.046 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b1',
    500: '#bbb291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb291;
$custom-light: #cfc9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76243,
    "c": 0.04629,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB291

secondary

#CDD0DB

accent

#58A243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB291

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

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