#BBB591#BBB591

#BBB591 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.050 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB591
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -3.79, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 19.52, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0082 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.05 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1282, 45.6576, 33.3761)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB591 #9197BB

analogous

#BBA091 #BBB591 #ACBB91

triadic

#BBB591 #91BBB5 #B591BB

tetradic

#BBB591 #91BBA0 #9197BB #BB91AC

square

#BBB591 #91BBA0 #9197BB #BB91AC

split-complementary

#BBB591 #91ACBB #A091BB

monochromatic

#827A50 #A49C6B #BBB591 #D2CEB7 #EAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBB591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB591

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB591	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.050 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb1',
    500: '#bbb591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb591;
$custom-light: #cfcbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7687,
    "c": 0.04953,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB591

secondary

#CDCFDB

accent

#51A243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB591

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

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