#BBB993#BBB993

#BBB993 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.052 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB993
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 147)
HSL	hsl(57, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -5.61, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 20.38, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0134 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.052 105)
XYZ	xyz(43.1088, 47.3699, 34.4704)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB993 #9395BB

analogous

#BBA593 #BBB993 #A9BB93

triadic

#BBB993 #93BBB9 #B993BB

tetradic

#BBB993 #93BBA5 #9395BB #BB93A9

square

#BBB993 #93BBA5 #9395BB #BB93A9

split-complementary

#BBB993 #93A9BB #A593BB

monochromatic

#827F52 #A3A16D #BBB993 #D3D1B9 #EAEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBB993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB993

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB993	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.052 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb2',
    500: '#bbb993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb993;
$custom-light: #cfceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77755,
    "c": 0.05172,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB993

secondary

#CECFDC

accent

#49A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB993

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

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