#BBB489#BBB489

#BBB489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.059 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB489
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -4.39, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 23.30, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0101 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.059 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3303, 45.0143, 30.1735)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB489 #8990BB

analogous

#BB9B89 #BBB489 #A9BB89

triadic

#BBB489 #89BBB4 #B489BB

tetradic

#BBB489 #89BB9B #8990BB #BB89A9

square

#BBB489 #89BB9B #8990BB #BB89A9

split-complementary

#BBB489 #89A9BB #9B89BB

monochromatic

#80784A #A59B62 #BBB489 #D1CDB0 #E8E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB489

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB489	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)

#BCB186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.059 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caab',
    500: '#bbb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb489;
$custom-light: #d0caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.05869,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB489

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#4EA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB489

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

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