#BBB393#BBB393

#BBB393 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.045 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB393
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 147)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -2.43, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 17.56, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0044 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.045 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8800, 44.9123, 34.0609)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB393 #939BBB

analogous

#BB9F93 #BBB393 #AFBB93

triadic

#BBB393 #93BBB3 #B393BB

tetradic

#BBB393 #93BB9F #939BBB #BB93AF

square

#BBB393 #93BB9F #939BBB #BB93AF

split-complementary

#BBB393 #93AFBB #9F93BB

monochromatic

#827852 #A3996D #BBB393 #D3CDB9 #EAE8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBB393 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB393

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB393	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.045 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b2',
    500: '#bbb393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb393;
$custom-light: #cfc9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.04474,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB393

secondary

#CED1DC

accent

#57A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB393

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

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