#BBB396#BBB396

#BBB396 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.041 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB396
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -1.98, 15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 15.98, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0031 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.041 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1185, 45.0077, 35.3168)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB396 #969EBB

analogous

#BBA096 #BBB396 #B0BB96

triadic

#BBB396 #96BBB3 #B396BB

tetradic

#BBB396 #96BBA0 #969EBB #BB96B0

square

#BBB396 #96BBA0 #969EBB #BB96B0

split-complementary

#BBB396 #96B0BB #A096BB

monochromatic

#827854 #A39871 #BBB396 #D3CEBB #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB396

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB396	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.041 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b5',
    500: '#bbb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb396;
$custom-light: #cfc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.04085,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB396

secondary

#D0D3DC

accent

#59A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB396

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

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