#BBB896#BBB896

#BBB896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.047 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB896
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -4.63, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 18.29, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0107 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.047 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1388, 47.0484, 35.6569)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB896 #9699BB

analogous

#BBA596 #BBB896 #ABBB96

triadic

#BBB896 #96BBB8 #B896BB

tetradic

#BBB896 #96BBA5 #9699BB #BB96AB

square

#BBB896 #96BBA5 #9699BB #BB96AB

split-complementary

#BBB896 #96ABBB #A596BB

monochromatic

#827F54 #A39F71 #BBB896 #D3D1BB #EBEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBB896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB896

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB896	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.047 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdb5',
    500: '#bbb896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb896;
$custom-light: #cfcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77613,
    "c": 0.04653,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB896

secondary

#D0D1DC

accent

#4DA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB896

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

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