#BBB686#BBB686

#BBB686 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.065 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB686
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -5.86, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 25.81, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0143 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.065 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5247, 45.7427, 29.1914)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB686 #868BBB

analogous

#BB9B86 #BBB686 #A5BB86

triadic

#BBB686 #86BBB6 #B686BB

tetradic

#BBB686 #86BB9B #868BBB #BB86A5

square

#BBB686 #86BB9B #868BBB #BB86A5

split-complementary

#BBB686 #86A5BB #9B86BB

monochromatic

#7F7A47 #A59E5F #BBB686 #D1CEAD #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BBB686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB686

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB686	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.065 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cba9',
    500: '#bbb686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb686;
$custom-light: #d0cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76845,
    "c": 0.06479,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB686

secondary

#C5C7D8

accent

#49A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB686

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

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