#BBB490#BBB490

#BBB490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.050 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB490
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -3.40, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 19.60, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0071 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.05 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8488, 45.2217, 32.9043)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB490 #9097BB

analogous

#BB9F90 #BBB490 #ACBB90

triadic

#BBB490 #90BBB4 #B490BB

tetradic

#BBB490 #90BB9F #9097BB #BB90AC

square

#BBB490 #90BB9F #9097BB #BB90AC

split-complementary

#BBB490 #90ACBB #9F90BB

monochromatic

#81794F #A49A6A #BBB490 #D2CEB6 #E9E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBB490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB490

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB490	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.050 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab0',
    500: '#bbb490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb490;
$custom-light: #d0cab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.04971,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB490

secondary

#CCCEDB

accent

#53A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB490

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

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