#BBB49D#BBB49D

#BBB49D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.033 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49D
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -1.43, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 12.71, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0017 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.033 93)
XYZ	xyz(42.9002, 45.6422, 38.4416)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49D #9DA4BB

analogous

#BBA59D #BBB49D #B3BB9D

triadic

#BBB49D #9DBBB4 #B49DBB

tetradic

#BBB49D #9DBBA5 #9DA4BB #BB9DB3

square

#BBB49D #9DBBA5 #9DA4BB #BB9DB3

split-complementary

#BBB49D #9DB3BB #A59DBB

monochromatic

#83795B #A29879 #BBB49D #D4D0C1 #EDEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBB49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49D	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.033 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaba',
    500: '#bbb49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49d;
$custom-light: #cfcaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.45642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49D

secondary

#D5D7DF

accent

#5D9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49D

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

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