#BBB383#BBB383

#BBB383 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.065 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB383
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 131)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -4.67, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 26.02, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0111 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.065 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7107, 44.4446, 27.9024)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB383 #838BBB

analogous

#BB9783 #BBB383 #A7BB83

triadic

#BBB383 #83BBB3 #B383BB

tetradic

#BBB383 #83BB97 #838BBB #BB83A7

square

#BBB383 #83BB97 #838BBB #BB83A7

split-complementary

#BBB383 #83A7BB #9783BB

monochromatic

#7E7645 #A59B5B #BBB383 #D1CBAB #E6E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBB383 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB383

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB383	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)

#BCB080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.065 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a7',
    500: '#bbb383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb383;
$custom-light: #d0c9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB383

secondary

#C3C6D7

accent

#4DA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB383

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

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