#BBB696#BBB696

#BBB696 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.044 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB696
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -3.57, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 17.33, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0077 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.044 100)
XYZ	xyz(42.7263, 46.2233, 35.5194)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB696 #969BBB

analogous

#BBA396 #BBB696 #ADBB96

triadic

#BBB696 #96BBB6 #B696BB

tetradic

#BBB696 #96BBA3 #969BBB #BB96AD

square

#BBB696 #96BBA3 #969BBB #BB96AD

split-complementary

#BBB696 #96ADBB #A396BB

monochromatic

#827C54 #A39C71 #BBB696 #D3D0BB #EBEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBB696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB696

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB696	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.044 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb5',
    500: '#bbb696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb696;
$custom-light: #cfcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.04414,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB696

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#52A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB696

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

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