#BBB48E#BBB48E

#BBB48E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.052 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB48E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -3.69, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 20.66, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.008 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.052 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6973, 45.1611, 32.1063)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB48E #8E95BB

analogous

#BB9E8E #BBB48E #ACBB8E

triadic

#BBB48E #8EBBB4 #B48EBB

tetradic

#BBB48E #8EBB9E #8E95BB #BB8EAC

square

#BBB48E #8EBB9E #8E95BB #BB8EAC

split-complementary

#BBB48E #8EACBB #9E8EBB

monochromatic

#81794E #A49B68 #BBB48E #D2CDB4 #E9E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB48E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB48E	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.052 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caaf',
    500: '#bbb48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb48e;
$custom-light: #d0caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.05229,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB48E

secondary

#CBCDDA

accent

#51A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB48E

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

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