#BBB596#BBB596

#BBB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.043 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB596
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -3.04, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 16.87, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0061 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.043 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5222, 45.8152, 35.4514)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB596 #969CBB

analogous

#BBA296 #BBB596 #AEBB96

triadic

#BBB596 #96BBB5 #B596BB

tetradic

#BBB596 #96BBA2 #969CBB #BB96AE

square

#BBB596 #96BBA2 #969CBB #BB96AE

split-complementary

#BBB596 #96AEBB #A296BB

monochromatic

#827B54 #A39B71 #BBB596 #D3CFBB #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB596

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB596	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)

#BBB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.043 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb5',
    500: '#bbb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb596;
$custom-light: #cfcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76985,
    "c": 0.043,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB596

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#54A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB596

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

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