#BBB58E#BBB58E

#BBB58E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.053 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB58E
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -4.22, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 21.12, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0095 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.053 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8999, 45.5663, 32.1739)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB58E #8E94BB

analogous

#BB9F8E #BBB58E #ABBB8E

triadic

#BBB58E #8EBBB5 #B58EBB

tetradic

#BBB58E #8EBB9F #8E94BB #BB8EAB

square

#BBB58E #8EBB9F #8E94BB #BB8EAB

split-complementary

#BBB58E #8EABBB #9F8EBB

monochromatic

#817A4E #A49C68 #BBB58E #D2CEB4 #E9E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBB58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB58E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB58E	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.053 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbaf',
    500: '#bbb58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb58e;
$custom-light: #d0cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76803,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB58E

secondary

#CBCDDA

accent

#4FA342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB58E

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

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