#BBB586#BBB586

#BBB586 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.064 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB586
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -5.33, 24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 25.35, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0128 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.064 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3207, 45.3346, 29.1234)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB586 #868CBB

analogous

#BB9A86 #BBB586 #A6BB86

triadic

#BBB586 #86BBB5 #B586BB

tetradic

#BBB586 #86BB9A #868CBB #BB86A6

square

#BBB586 #86BB9A #868CBB #BB86A6

split-complementary

#BBB586 #86A6BB #9A86BB

monochromatic

#7F7947 #A59D5F #BBB586 #D1CDAD #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBB586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB586

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB586	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.064 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cba9',
    500: '#bbb586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb586;
$custom-light: #d0cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.06363,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB586

secondary

#C5C7D8

accent

#4BA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB586

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

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