#BBB386#BBB386

#BBB386 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.061 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB386
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -4.27, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 24.44, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0098 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.061 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9169, 44.5271, 28.9888)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB386 #868EBB

analogous

#BB9886 #BBB386 #A8BB86

triadic

#BBB386 #86BBB3 #B386BB

tetradic

#BBB386 #86BB98 #868EBB #BB86A8

square

#BBB386 #86BB98 #868EBB #BB86A8

split-complementary

#BBB386 #86A8BB #9886BB

monochromatic

#7F7747 #A59A5F #BBB386 #D1CCAD #E7E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBB386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB386

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB386	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.061 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a9',
    500: '#bbb386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb386;
$custom-light: #d0c9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.06139,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB386

secondary

#C5C8D8

accent

#4FA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB386

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

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