#BBB486#BBB486

#BBB486 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.063 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB486
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -4.80, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 24.89, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0113 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.063 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1181, 44.9294, 29.0558)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB486 #868DBB

analogous

#BB9986 #BBB486 #A7BB86

triadic

#BBB486 #86BBB4 #B486BB

tetradic

#BBB486 #86BB99 #868DBB #BB86A7

square

#BBB486 #86BB99 #868DBB #BB86A7

split-complementary

#BBB486 #86A7BB #9986BB

monochromatic

#7F7847 #A59C5F #BBB486 #D1CCAD #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBB486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB486

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB486	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.063 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caa9',
    500: '#bbb486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb486;
$custom-light: #d0caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76423,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB486

secondary

#C5C7D8

accent

#4DA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB486

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

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