#BBB990#BBB990

#BBB990 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.056 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB990
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 144)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -6.04, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 21.97, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0147 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.056 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8764, 47.2769, 33.2468)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB990 #9092BB

analogous

#BBA390 #BBB990 #A8BB90

triadic

#BBB990 #90BBB9 #B990BB

tetradic

#BBB990 #90BBA3 #9092BB #BB90A8

square

#BBB990 #90BBA3 #9092BB #BB90A8

split-complementary

#BBB990 #90A8BB #A390BB

monochromatic

#817F4F #A4A16A #BBB990 #D2D1B6 #E9E9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBB990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB990

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB990	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.056 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb0',
    500: '#bbb990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb990;
$custom-light: #d0ceb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77688,
    "c": 0.05562,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB990

secondary

#CCCDDB

accent

#47A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB990

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

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