#BBB595#BBB595

#BBB595 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.044 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB595
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -3.20, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 17.40, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0066 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.044 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4420, 45.7831, 35.0292)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB595 #959BBB

analogous

#BBA295 #BBB595 #AEBB95

triadic

#BBB595 #95BBB5 #B595BB

tetradic

#BBB595 #95BBA2 #959BBB #BB95AE

square

#BBB595 #95BBA2 #959BBB #BB95AE

split-complementary

#BBB595 #95AEBB #A295BB

monochromatic

#827B53 #A39B70 #BBB595 #D3CFBA #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBB595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB595

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB595	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.044 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb4',
    500: '#bbb595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb595;
$custom-light: #cfcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76961,
    "c": 0.04431,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB595

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#54A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB595

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

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