#BBB481#BBB481

#BBB481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.069 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB481
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -5.46, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 27.52, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0134 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.069 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7776, 44.7932, 27.2625)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB481 #8188BB

analogous

#BB9781 #BBB481 #A5BB81

triadic

#BBB481 #81BBB4 #B481BB

tetradic

#BBB481 #81BB97 #8188BB #BB81A5

square

#BBB481 #81BB97 #8188BB #BB81A5

split-complementary

#BBB481 #81A5BB #9781BB

monochromatic

#7E7744 #A59C59 #BBB481 #D0CCA9 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBB481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB481

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB481	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.069 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa6',
    500: '#bbb481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb481;
$custom-light: #d0caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.06875,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB481

secondary

#C1C4D7

accent

#4AA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB481

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

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