#BBB98D#BBB98D

#BBB98D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.059 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB98D
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 141)
HSL	hsl(57, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -6.47, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 23.56, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0159 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.06 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6502, 47.1864, 32.0552)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB98D #8D8FBB

analogous

#BBA28D #BBB98D #A6BB8D

triadic

#BBB98D #8DBBB9 #B98DBB

tetradic

#BBB98D #8DBBA2 #8D8FBB #BB8DA6

square

#BBB98D #8DBBA2 #8D8FBB #BB8DA6

split-complementary

#BBB98D #8DA6BB #A28DBB

monochromatic

#817F4D #A4A167 #BBB98D #D2D1B3 #E9E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBB98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB98D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB98D	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.059 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceae',
    500: '#bbb98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb98d;
$custom-light: #d0ceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.0595,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB98D

secondary

#CACBDA

accent

#46A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB98D

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

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