#BBB593#BBB593

#BBB593 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.047 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB593
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 147)
HSL	hsl(51, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -3.49, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 18.46, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0074 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.047 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2837, 45.7198, 34.1954)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB593 #9399BB

analogous

#BBA193 #BBB593 #ADBB93

triadic

#BBB593 #93BBB5 #B593BB

tetradic

#BBB593 #93BBA1 #9399BB #BB93AD

square

#BBB593 #93BBA1 #9399BB #BB93AD

split-complementary

#BBB593 #93ADBB #A193BB

monochromatic

#827B52 #A39B6D #BBB593 #D3CFB9 #EAE8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBB593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB593

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB593	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.047 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb2',
    500: '#bbb593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb593;
$custom-light: #cfcbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.04693,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB593

secondary

#CED0DC

accent

#52A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB593

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

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