#BBB381#BBB381

#BBB381 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.068 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB381
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -4.93, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 27.07, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0119 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.068 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5764, 44.3909, 27.1954)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB381 #8189BB

analogous

#BB9681 #BBB381 #A6BB81

triadic

#BBB381 #81BBB3 #B381BB

tetradic

#BBB381 #81BB96 #8189BB #BB81A6

square

#BBB381 #81BB96 #8189BB #BB81A6

split-complementary

#BBB381 #81A6BB #9681BB

monochromatic

#7E7644 #A59B59 #BBB381 #D0CBA9 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB381

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB381	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)

#BCB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.068 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a6',
    500: '#bbb381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb381;
$custom-light: #d0c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76112,
    "c": 0.06764,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB381

secondary

#C1C4D7

accent

#4CA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB381

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

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