#BBB385#BBB385

#BBB385 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.063 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB385
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -4.41, 24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 24.96, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0102 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.063 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8475, 44.4993, 28.6232)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB385 #858DBB

analogous

#BB9885 #BBB385 #A8BB85

triadic

#BBB385 #85BBB3 #B385BB

tetradic

#BBB385 #85BB98 #858DBB #BB85A8

square

#BBB385 #85BB98 #858DBB #BB85A8

split-complementary

#BBB385 #85A8BB #9885BB

monochromatic

#7F7747 #A59B5E #BBB385 #D1CBAC #E7E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB385

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB385	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.063 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a8',
    500: '#bbb385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb385;
$custom-light: #d0c9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76192,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB385

secondary

#C4C7D8

accent

#4EA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB385

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

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