#BBB488#BBB488

#BBB488 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.060 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB488
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(52, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -4.53, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 23.83, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0105 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.06 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2589, 44.9857, 29.7974)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB488 #888FBB

analogous

#BB9A88 #BBB488 #A8BB88

triadic

#BBB488 #88BBB4 #B488BB

tetradic

#BBB488 #88BB9A #888FBB #BB88A8

square

#BBB488 #88BB9A #888FBB #BB88A8

split-complementary

#BBB488 #88A8BB #9A88BB

monochromatic

#807849 #A59B61 #BBB488 #D1CDAF #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBB488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB488

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB488	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.060 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caab',
    500: '#bbb488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb488;
$custom-light: #d0caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.05996,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB488

secondary

#C6C9D8

accent

#4EA640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB488

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

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