#BBB49F#BBB49F

#BBB49F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.030 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB49F
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -1.11, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 11.66, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0009 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.03 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0723, 45.7111, 39.3482)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB49F #9FA6BB

analogous

#BBA69F #BBB49F #B4BB9F

triadic

#BBB49F #9FBBB4 #B49FBB

tetradic

#BBB49F #9FBBA6 #9FA6BB #BB9FB4

square

#BBB49F #9FBBA6 #9FA6BB #BB9FB4

split-complementary

#BBB49F #9FB4BB #A69FBB

monochromatic

#83795D #A2987B #BBB49F #D4D0C3 #EEECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBB49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB49F

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB49F	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)

#B9B39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.030 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcabb',
    500: '#bbb49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb49f;
$custom-light: #cfcabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.03011,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB49F

secondary

#D7D9DF

accent

#5E9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB49F

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

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