#BBB98E#BBB98E

#BBB98E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.058 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB98E
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -6.33, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 23.03, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0155 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.058 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7249, 47.2163, 32.4489)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB98E #8E90BB

analogous

#BBA38E #BBB98E #A7BB8E

triadic

#BBB98E #8EBBB9 #B98EBB

tetradic

#BBB98E #8EBBA3 #8E90BB #BB8EA7

square

#BBB98E #8EBBA3 #8E90BB #BB8EA7

split-complementary

#BBB98E #8EA7BB #A38EBB

monochromatic

#817F4E #A4A168 #BBB98E #D2D1B4 #E9E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBB98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB98E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB98E	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)

#C1B68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.058 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceaf',
    500: '#bbb98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb98e;
$custom-light: #d0ceaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.05821,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB98E

secondary

#CBCBDA

accent

#46A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB98E

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

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