#BBB391#BBB391

#BBB391 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.047 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB391
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 145)
HSL	hsl(49, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -2.73, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 18.62, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0052 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.047 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7244, 44.8501, 33.2415)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB391 #9199BB

analogous

#BB9E91 #BBB391 #AEBB91

triadic

#BBB391 #91BBB3 #B391BB

tetradic

#BBB391 #91BB9E #9199BB #BB91AE

square

#BBB391 #91BB9E #9199BB #BB91AE

split-complementary

#BBB391 #91AEBB #9E91BB

monochromatic

#827850 #A4996B #BBB391 #D2CDB7 #EAE7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BBB391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB391

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB391	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.047 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b1',
    500: '#bbb391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb391;
$custom-light: #cfc9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.04733,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB391

secondary

#CDCFDB

accent

#55A243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB391

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

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