#BBB587#BBB587

#BBB587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.062 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB587
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -5.19, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 24.82, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0124 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.062 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3907, 45.3626, 29.4924)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB587 #878DBB

analogous

#BB9B87 #BBB587 #A7BB87

triadic

#BBB587 #87BBB5 #B587BB

tetradic

#BBB587 #87BB9B #878DBB #BB87A7

square

#BBB587 #87BB9B #878DBB #BB87A7

split-complementary

#BBB587 #87A7BB #9B87BB

monochromatic

#7F7948 #A59D60 #BBB587 #D1CDAE #E7E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBB587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB587

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB587	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#BEB284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.062 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbaa',
    500: '#bbb587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb587;
$custom-light: #d0cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.06237,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB587

secondary

#C6C8D8

accent

#4BA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB587

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

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