#BBB889#BBB889

#BBB889 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.063 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB889
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -6.50, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 25.18, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0161 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.063 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1495, 46.6526, 30.4465)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB889 #898CBB

analogous

#BB9F89 #BBB889 #A5BB89

triadic

#BBB889 #89BBB8 #B889BB

tetradic

#BBB889 #89BB9F #898CBB #BB89A5

square

#BBB889 #89BB9F #898CBB #BB89A5

split-complementary

#BBB889 #89A5BB #9F89BB

monochromatic

#807D4A #A5A162 #BBB889 #D1CFB0 #E8E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBB889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB889

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB889	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)

#C0B486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.063 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdab',
    500: '#bbb889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb889;
$custom-light: #d0cdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77329,
    "c": 0.06338,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB889

secondary

#C7C8D9

accent

#46A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB889

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

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