#BBB49B#BBB49B

#BBB49B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.035 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49B
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 155)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -1.74, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 13.77, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0026 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.035 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7308, 45.5745, 37.5497)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49B #9BA2BB

analogous

#BBA49B #BBB49B #B2BB9B

triadic

#BBB49B #9BBBB4 #B49BBB

tetradic

#BBB49B #9BBBA4 #9BA2BB #BB9BB2

square

#BBB49B #9BBBA4 #9BA2BB #BB9BB2

split-complementary

#BBB49B #9BB2BB #A49BBB

monochromatic

#837A59 #A29977 #BBB49B #D4CFBF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBB49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49B	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)

#BAB39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.035 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab8',
    500: '#bbb49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49b;
$custom-light: #cfcab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.03535,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49B

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#5B9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49B

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

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