#BBB994#BBB994

#BBB994 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.050 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB994
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 148)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 20.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -5.46, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 19.85, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.013 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.05 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1876, 47.4014, 34.8855)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB994 #9496BB

analogous

#BBA594 #BBB994 #A9BB94

triadic

#BBB994 #94BBB9 #B994BB

tetradic

#BBB994 #94BBA5 #9496BB #BB94A9

square

#BBB994 #94BBA5 #9496BB #BB94A9

split-complementary

#BBB994 #94A9BB #A594BB

monochromatic

#828053 #A3A16F #BBB994 #D3D1B9 #EBEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBB994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB994

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB994	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.050 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb3',
    500: '#bbb994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb994;
$custom-light: #cfceb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77777,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB994

secondary

#CFD0DC

accent

#49A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB994

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

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