#BBB498#BBB498

#BBB498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.039 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB498
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(48, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -2.21, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 15.36, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0038 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.039 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4820, 45.4750, 36.2393)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB498 #989FBB

analogous

#BBA398 #BBB498 #B1BB98

triadic

#BBB498 #98BBB4 #B498BB

tetradic

#BBB498 #98BBA3 #989FBB #BB98B1

square

#BBB498 #98BBA3 #989FBB #BB98B1

split-complementary

#BBB498 #98B1BB #A398BB

monochromatic

#827A56 #A39973 #BBB498 #D3CFBD #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBB498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB498

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB498	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)

#BAB296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.039 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab6',
    500: '#bbb498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb498;
$custom-light: #cfcab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76824,
    "c": 0.03928,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB498

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#589F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB498

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

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