#BBB989#BBB989

#BBB989 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.065 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB989
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 137)
HSL	hsl(58, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -7.02, 24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 25.67, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0176 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.065 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3579, 47.0695, 30.5160)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB989 #898BBB

analogous

#BBA089 #BBB989 #A4BB89

triadic

#BBB989 #89BBB9 #B989BB

tetradic

#BBB989 #89BBA0 #898BBB #BB89A4

square

#BBB989 #89BBA0 #898BBB #BB89A4

split-complementary

#BBB989 #89A4BB #A089BB

monochromatic

#807E4A #A5A262 #BBB989 #D1D0B0 #E8E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBB989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB989

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB989	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)

#C1B586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.065 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceab',
    500: '#bbb989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb989;
$custom-light: #d0ceab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7754,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB989

secondary

#C7C8D9

accent

#44A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB989

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

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