#BBB588#BBB588

#BBB588 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.061 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB588
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(53, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -5.06, 23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 24.29, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.012 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.061 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4615, 45.3909, 29.8650)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB588 #888EBB

analogous

#BB9B88 #BBB588 #A7BB88

triadic

#BBB588 #88BBB5 #B588BB

tetradic

#BBB588 #88BB9B #888EBB #BB88A7

square

#BBB588 #88BB9B #888EBB #BB88A7

split-complementary

#BBB588 #88A7BB #9B88BB

monochromatic

#807949 #A59D61 #BBB588 #D1CDAF #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBB588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB588

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB588	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.061 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbab',
    500: '#bbb588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb588;
$custom-light: #d0cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76675,
    "c": 0.0611,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB588

secondary

#C6C8D8

accent

#4CA640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB588

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

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