#BBB48A#BBB48A

#BBB48A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.057 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB48A
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -4.25, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 22.77, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0096 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.057 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4023, 45.0431, 30.5530)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB48A #8A91BB

analogous

#BB9B8A #BBB48A #A9BB8A

triadic

#BBB48A #8ABBB4 #B48ABB

tetradic

#BBB48A #8ABB9B #8A91BB #BB8AA9

square

#BBB48A #8ABB9B #8A91BB #BB8AA9

split-complementary

#BBB48A #8AA9BB #9B8ABB

monochromatic

#80784A #A59B63 #BBB48A #D1CDB1 #E8E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BBB48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB48A

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB48A	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.057 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caac',
    500: '#bbb48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb48a;
$custom-light: #d0caac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76507,
    "c": 0.05742,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB48A

secondary

#C8CAD9

accent

#4FA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB48A

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

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