#BBB494#BBB494

#BBB494 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.045 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB494
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 20.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -2.81, 17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 17.48, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0055 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.045 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1599, 45.3461, 34.5430)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB494 #949BBB

analogous

#BBA094 #BBB494 #AEBB94

triadic

#BBB494 #94BBB4 #B494BB

tetradic

#BBB494 #94BBA0 #949BBB #BB94AE

square

#BBB494 #94BBA0 #949BBB #BB94AE

split-complementary

#BBB494 #94AEBB #A094BB

monochromatic

#827953 #A39A6F #BBB494 #D3CEB9 #EBE8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBB494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB494

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB494	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.045 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab3',
    500: '#bbb494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb494;
$custom-light: #cfcab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB494

secondary

#CFD1DC

accent

#55A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB494

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

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