#BBB598#BBB598

#BBB598 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.040 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB598
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -2.74, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 15.81, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0053 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.04 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6846, 45.8802, 36.3068)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB598 #989EBB

analogous

#BBA498 #BBB598 #B0BB98

triadic

#BBB598 #98BBB5 #B598BB

tetradic

#BBB598 #98BBA4 #989EBB #BB98B0

square

#BBB598 #98BBA4 #989EBB #BB98B0

split-complementary

#BBB598 #98B0BB #A498BB

monochromatic

#827B56 #A39B73 #BBB598 #D3CFBD #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBB598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB598

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB598	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.040 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb6',
    500: '#bbb598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb598;
$custom-light: #cfcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.04037,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB598

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#569F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB598

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

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