#BBB796#BBB796

#BBB796 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.045 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB796
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -4.10, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 17.81, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0092 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.045 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9318, 46.6344, 35.5880)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB796 #969ABB

analogous

#BBA496 #BBB796 #ACBB96

triadic

#BBB796 #96BBB7 #B796BB

tetradic

#BBB796 #96BBA4 #969ABB #BB96AC

square

#BBB796 #96BBA4 #969ABB #BB96AC

split-complementary

#BBB796 #96ACBB #A496BB

monochromatic

#827D54 #A39E71 #BBB796 #D3D0BB #EBEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBB796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB796

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB796	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.045 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb5',
    500: '#bbb796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb796;
$custom-light: #cfccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.04532,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB796

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#4FA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB796

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

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