#BBB496#BBB496

#BBB496 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.042 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB496
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -2.51, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 16.42, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0046 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.042 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3196, 45.4100, 35.3839)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB496 #969DBB

analogous

#BBA196 #BBB496 #AFBB96

triadic

#BBB496 #96BBB4 #B496BB

tetradic

#BBB496 #96BBA1 #969DBB #BB96AF

square

#BBB496 #96BBA1 #969DBB #BB96AF

split-complementary

#BBB496 #96AFBB #A196BB

monochromatic

#827A54 #A39971 #BBB496 #D3CFBB #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB496

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB496	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)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.042 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab5',
    500: '#bbb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb496;
$custom-light: #cfcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76776,
    "c": 0.0419,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB496

secondary

#D0D3DC

accent

#57A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB496

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

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