#BBB387#BBB387

#BBB387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.060 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB387
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -4.14, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 23.91, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0094 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.06 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.9870, 44.5551, 29.3578)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB387 #878FBB

analogous

#BB9987 #BBB387 #A9BB87

triadic

#BBB387 #87BBB3 #B387BB

tetradic

#BBB387 #87BB99 #878FBB #BB87A9

square

#BBB387 #87BB99 #878FBB #BB87A9

split-complementary

#BBB387 #87A9BB #9987BB

monochromatic

#7F7748 #A59A60 #BBB387 #D1CCAE #E7E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBB387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB387

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB387	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)

#BCB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.060 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9aa',
    500: '#bbb387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb387;
$custom-light: #d0c9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.44554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB387

secondary

#C6C8D8

accent

#4FA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB387

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

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