#BBB495#BBB495

#BBB495 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.043 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB495
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -2.66, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 16.95, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.005 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.043 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2394, 45.3779, 34.9616)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB495 #959CBB

analogous

#BBA195 #BBB495 #AFBB95

triadic

#BBB495 #95BBB4 #B495BB

tetradic

#BBB495 #95BBA1 #959CBB #BB95AF

square

#BBB495 #95BBA1 #959CBB #BB95AF

split-complementary

#BBB495 #95AFBB #A195BB

monochromatic

#827A53 #A39A70 #BBB495 #D3CEBA #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB495

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB495	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.043 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab4',
    500: '#bbb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb495;
$custom-light: #cfcab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.04321,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB495

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#56A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB495

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

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