#BBB398#BBB398

#BBB398 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.038 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB398
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -1.68, 14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 14.92, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0023 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.038 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2809, 45.0727, 36.1722)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB398 #98A0BB

analogous

#BBA298 #BBB398 #B2BB98

triadic

#BBB398 #98BBB3 #B398BB

tetradic

#BBB398 #98BBA2 #98A0BB #BB98B2

square

#BBB398 #98BBA2 #98A0BB #BB98B2

split-complementary

#BBB398 #98B2BB #A298BB

monochromatic

#827856 #A39873 #BBB398 #D3CEBD #ECE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BBB398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB398

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB398	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)

#B9B296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.038 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b6',
    500: '#bbb398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb398;
$custom-light: #cfc9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76616,
    "c": 0.03825,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB398

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#5B9F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB398

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

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