#BBB487#BBB487

#BBB487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.061 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB487
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -4.67, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 24.36, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0109 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.061 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1881, 44.9574, 29.4249)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB487 #878EBB

analogous

#BB9A87 #BBB487 #A8BB87

triadic

#BBB487 #87BBB4 #B487BB

tetradic

#BBB487 #87BB9A #878EBB #BB87A8

square

#BBB487 #87BB9A #878EBB #BB87A8

split-complementary

#BBB487 #87A8BB #9A87BB

monochromatic

#7F7848 #A59C60 #BBB487 #D1CCAE #E7E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBB487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB487

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB487	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)

#BDB184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.061 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caaa',
    500: '#bbb487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb487;
$custom-light: #d0caaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.06123,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB487

secondary

#C6C8D8

accent

#4DA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB487

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

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