#BBB388#BBB388

#BBB388 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.059 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB388
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -4.00, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 23.38, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.009 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.059 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0577, 44.5834, 29.7304)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB388 #8890BB

analogous

#BB9988 #BBB388 #A9BB88

triadic

#BBB388 #88BBB3 #B388BB

tetradic

#BBB388 #88BB99 #8890BB #BB88A9

square

#BBB388 #88BB99 #8890BB #BB88A9

split-complementary

#BBB388 #88A9BB #9988BB

monochromatic

#807749 #A59A61 #BBB388 #D1CCAF #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBB388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB388

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB388	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.059 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ab',
    500: '#bbb388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb388;
$custom-light: #d0c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76255,
    "c": 0.05886,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB388

secondary

#C6C9D8

accent

#50A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB388

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

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