#BBB985#BBB985

#BBB985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.070 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB985
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -7.56, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 27.77, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0193 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.07 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0763, 46.9569, 29.0328)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB985 #8587BB

analogous

#BB9E85 #BBB985 #A2BB85

triadic

#BBB985 #85BBB9 #B985BB

tetradic

#BBB985 #85BB9E #8587BB #BB85A2

square

#BBB985 #85BB9E #8587BB #BB85A2

split-complementary

#BBB985 #85A2BB #9E85BB

monochromatic

#7F7D47 #A5A25E #BBB985 #D1D0AC #E7E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBB985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB985

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB985	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.070 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cea9',
    500: '#bbb985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb985;
$custom-light: #d0cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77459,
    "c": 0.06966,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB985

secondary

#C4C5D8

accent

#42A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB985

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

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