#BBB49C#BBB49C

#BBB49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.034 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49C
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -1.59, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 13.24, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0021 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.034 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8152, 45.6082, 37.9938)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49C #9CA3BB

analogous

#BBA59C #BBB49C #B3BB9C

triadic

#BBB49C #9CBBB4 #B49CBB

tetradic

#BBB49C #9CBBA5 #9CA3BB #BB9CB3

square

#BBB49C #9CBBA5 #9CA3BB #BB9CB3

split-complementary

#BBB49C #9CB3BB #A59CBB

monochromatic

#837A5A #A29978 #BBB49C #D4CFC0 #EDEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBB49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49C	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.034 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab9',
    500: '#bbb49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49c;
$custom-light: #cfcab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76921,
    "c": 0.03405,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49C

secondary

#D5D7DE

accent

#5C9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49C

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

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