#BBB397#BBB397

#BBB397 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.040 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB397
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -1.83, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 15.45, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0027 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.04 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1993, 45.0401, 35.7427)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB397 #979FBB

analogous

#BBA197 #BBB397 #B1BB97

triadic

#BBB397 #97BBB3 #B397BB

tetradic

#BBB397 #97BBA1 #979FBB #BB97B1

square

#BBB397 #97BBA1 #979FBB #BB97B1

split-complementary

#BBB397 #97B1BB #A197BB

monochromatic

#827855 #A39872 #BBB397 #D3CEBC #EBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BBB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB397

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB397	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.040 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b5',
    500: '#bbb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb397;
$custom-light: #cfc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.03955,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB397

secondary

#D1D4DD

accent

#5A9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB397

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

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