#BBB585#BBB585

#BBB585 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.065 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB585
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -5.46, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 25.87, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0133 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.065 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2513, 45.3068, 28.7578)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB585 #858BBB

analogous

#BB9A85 #BBB585 #A6BB85

triadic

#BBB585 #85BBB5 #B585BB

tetradic

#BBB585 #85BB9A #858BBB #BB85A6

square

#BBB585 #85BB9A #858BBB #BB85A6

split-complementary

#BBB585 #85A6BB #9A85BB

monochromatic

#7F7947 #A59D5E #BBB585 #D1CDAC #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BBB585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB585

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB585	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.065 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cba9',
    500: '#bbb585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb585;
$custom-light: #d0cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76613,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB585

secondary

#C4C6D8

accent

#4AA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB585

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

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