#BBB499#BBB499

#BBB499 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.038 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB499
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -2.05, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 14.83, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0034 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.038 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5643, 45.5079, 36.6725)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB499 #99A0BB

analogous

#BBA399 #BBB499 #B1BB99

triadic

#BBB499 #99BBB4 #B499BB

tetradic

#BBB499 #99BBA3 #99A0BB #BB99B1

square

#BBB499 #99BBA3 #99A0BB #BB99B1

split-complementary

#BBB499 #99B1BB #A399BB

monochromatic

#837A57 #A39974 #BBB499 #D3CFBE #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB499

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB499	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.038 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab7',
    500: '#bbb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb499;
$custom-light: #cfcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.03797,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB499

secondary

#D2D5DD

accent

#599E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB499

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

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