#BBB49A#BBB49A

#BBB49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.037 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49A
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -1.90, 14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 14.30, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.003 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.037 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6472, 45.5410, 37.1093)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49A #9AA1BB

analogous

#BBA49A #BBB49A #B2BB9A

triadic

#BBB49A #9ABBB4 #B49ABB

tetradic

#BBB49A #9ABBA4 #9AA1BB #BB9AB2

square

#BBB49A #9ABBA4 #9AA1BB #BB9AB2

split-complementary

#BBB49A #9AB2BB #A49ABB

monochromatic

#837A58 #A29975 #BBB49A #D4CFBF #ECEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBB49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49A

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49A	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.037 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab7',
    500: '#bbb49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49a;
$custom-light: #cfcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.03667,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49A

secondary

#D3D5DE

accent

#5A9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49A

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

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