#BBB697#BBB697

#BBB697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.043 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB697
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -3.42, 16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 16.80, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0072 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.043 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8071, 46.2557, 35.9453)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB697 #979CBB

analogous

#BBA497 #BBB697 #AEBB97

triadic

#BBB697 #97BBB6 #B697BB

tetradic

#BBB697 #97BBA4 #979CBB #BB97AE

square

#BBB697 #97BBA4 #979CBB #BB97AE

split-complementary

#BBB697 #97AEBB #A497BB

monochromatic

#827C55 #A39C72 #BBB697 #D3D0BC #EBEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBB697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB697

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB697	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.043 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb5',
    500: '#bbb697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb697;
$custom-light: #cfcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.04283,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB697

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#539F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB697

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

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