#BBB38D#BBB38D

#BBB38D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.052 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB38D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 141)
HSL	hsl(50, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -3.30, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 20.74, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0069 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.052 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4214, 44.7289, 31.6457)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB38D #8D95BB

analogous

#BB9C8D #BBB38D #ACBB8D

triadic

#BBB38D #8DBBB3 #B38DBB

tetradic

#BBB38D #8DBB9C #8D95BB #BB8DAC

square

#BBB38D #8DBB9C #8D95BB #BB8DAC

split-complementary

#BBB38D #8DACBB #9C8DBB

monochromatic

#81784D #A49967 #BBB38D #D2CDB3 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB38D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB38D	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.052 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ae',
    500: '#bbb38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb38d;
$custom-light: #d0c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.05248,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB38D

secondary

#CACDDA

accent

#53A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB38D

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

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