#BBB698#BBB698

#BBB698 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.042 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB698
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -3.27, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 16.27, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0068 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.042 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8887, 46.2883, 36.3749)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB698 #989DBB

analogous

#BBA598 #BBB698 #AFBB98

triadic

#BBB698 #98BBB6 #B698BB

tetradic

#BBB698 #98BBA5 #989DBB #BB98AF

square

#BBB698 #98BBA5 #989DBB #BB98AF

split-complementary

#BBB698 #98AFBB #A598BB

monochromatic

#827C56 #A39C73 #BBB698 #D3D0BD #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB698

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB698	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.042 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb6',
    500: '#bbb698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb698;
$custom-light: #cfcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB698

secondary

#D2D3DD

accent

#539F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB698

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

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