#BBB986#BBB986

#BBB986 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.068 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB986
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 134)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -7.43, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 27.25, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0189 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.068 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.1457, 46.9847, 29.3984)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB986 #8688BB

analogous

#BB9E86 #BBB986 #A2BB86

triadic

#BBB986 #86BBB9 #B986BB

tetradic

#BBB986 #86BB9E #8688BB #BB86A2

square

#BBB986 #86BB9E #8688BB #BB86A2

split-complementary

#BBB986 #86A2BB #9E86BB

monochromatic

#7F7D47 #A5A25F #BBB986 #D1D0AD #E7E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBB986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB986

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB986	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.068 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cea9',
    500: '#bbb986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb986;
$custom-light: #d0cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.46984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB986

secondary

#C5C6D8

accent

#43A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB986

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

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