#BBB296#BBB296

#BBB296 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.040 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB296
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -1.45, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 15.55, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0016 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.04 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9188, 44.6083, 35.2503)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB296 #969FBB

analogous

#BB9F96 #BBB296 #B1BB96

triadic

#BBB296 #96BBB2 #B296BB

tetradic

#BBB296 #96BB9F #969FBB #BB96B1

square

#BBB296 #96BB9F #969FBB #BB96B1

split-complementary

#BBB296 #96B1BB #9F96BB

monochromatic

#827754 #A39771 #BBB296 #D3CDBB #EBE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBB296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB296

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB296	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.040 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b5',
    500: '#bbb296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb296;
$custom-light: #cfc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7636,
    "c": 0.03984,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB296

secondary

#D0D3DC

accent

#5CA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB296

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

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