#BBB49E#BBB49E

#BBB49E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.031 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -1.27, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 12.19, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0013 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.031 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9859, 45.6765, 38.8931)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49E #9EA5BB

analogous

#BBA59E #BBB49E #B4BB9E

triadic

#BBB49E #9EBBB4 #B49EBB

tetradic

#BBB49E #9EBBA5 #9EA5BB #BB9EB4

square

#BBB49E #9EBBA5 #9EA5BB #BB9EB4

split-complementary

#BBB49E #9EB4BB #A59EBB

monochromatic

#83795C #A2987A #BBB49E #D4D0C2 #EDECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBB49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49E	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.031 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaba',
    500: '#bbb49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49e;
$custom-light: #cfcaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.03143,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49E

secondary

#D6D8DF

accent

#5D9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49E

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

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