#BBB38E#BBB38E

#BBB38E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.051 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB38E
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -3.16, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 20.21, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0065 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.051 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4961, 44.7588, 32.0393)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB38E #8E96BB

analogous

#BB9D8E #BBB38E #ADBB8E

triadic

#BBB38E #8EBBB3 #B38EBB

tetradic

#BBB38E #8EBB9D #8E96BB #BB8EAD

square

#BBB38E #8EBB9D #8E96BB #BB8EAD

split-complementary

#BBB38E #8EADBB #9D8EBB

monochromatic

#81784E #A49968 #BBB38E #D2CDB4 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB38E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB38E	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)

#BBB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.051 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9af',
    500: '#bbb38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb38e;
$custom-light: #d0c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76384,
    "c": 0.0512,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB38E

secondary

#CBCDDA

accent

#53A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB38E

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

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