#BBB497#BBB497

#BBB497 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.041 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB497
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -2.36, 15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 15.89, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0042 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.041 96)
XYZ	xyz(42.4005, 45.4423, 35.8098)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB497 #979EBB

analogous

#BBA297 #BBB497 #B0BB97

triadic

#BBB497 #97BBB4 #B497BB

tetradic

#BBB497 #97BBA2 #979EBB #BB97B0

square

#BBB497 #97BBA2 #979EBB #BB97B0

split-complementary

#BBB497 #97B0BB #A297BB

monochromatic

#827A55 #A39972 #BBB497 #D3CFBC #EBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBB497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB497

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB497	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.041 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab5',
    500: '#bbb497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb497;
$custom-light: #cfcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.04059,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.45442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB497

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#589F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB497

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

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