#BBB987#BBB987

#BBB987 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.067 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB987
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -7.29, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 26.72, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0184 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.067 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2158, 47.0127, 29.7674)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB987 #8789BB

analogous

#BB9F87 #BBB987 #A3BB87

triadic

#BBB987 #87BBB9 #B987BB

tetradic

#BBB987 #87BB9F #8789BB #BB87A3

square

#BBB987 #87BB9F #8789BB #BB87A3

split-complementary

#BBB987 #87A3BB #9F87BB

monochromatic

#7F7D48 #A5A260 #BBB987 #D1D0AE #E7E7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBB987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB987

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB987	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)

#C2B584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.067 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceaa',
    500: '#bbb987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb987;
$custom-light: #d0ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77499,
    "c": 0.06714,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB987

secondary

#C6C6D8

accent

#43A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB987

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

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