#BBB491#BBB491

#BBB491 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.048 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB491
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -3.26, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 19.07, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0067 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.048 98)
XYZ	xyz(41.9256, 45.2524, 33.3086)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB491 #9198BB

analogous

#BB9F91 #BBB491 #ADBB91

triadic

#BBB491 #91BBB4 #B491BB

tetradic

#BBB491 #91BB9F #9198BB #BB91AD

square

#BBB491 #91BB9F #9198BB #BB91AD

split-complementary

#BBB491 #91ADBB #9F91BB

monochromatic

#827950 #A49A6B #BBB491 #D2CEB7 #EAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBB491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB491

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB491	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.048 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab1',
    500: '#bbb491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb491;
$custom-light: #cfcab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76661,
    "c": 0.04841,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.45252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB491

secondary

#CDCFDB

accent

#53A243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB491

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

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