#BBB995#BBB995

#BBB995 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.049 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB995
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -5.31, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 19.32, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0126 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.049 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2671, 47.4332, 35.3042)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB995 #9597BB

analogous

#BBA695 #BBB995 #AABB95

triadic

#BBB995 #95BBB9 #B995BB

tetradic

#BBB995 #95BBA6 #9597BB #BB95AA

square

#BBB995 #95BBA6 #9597BB #BB95AA

split-complementary

#BBB995 #95AABB #A695BB

monochromatic

#828053 #A3A070 #BBB995 #D3D2BA #EBEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB995

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB995	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.049 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb4',
    500: '#bbb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb995;
$custom-light: #cfceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.778,
    "c": 0.04909,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB995

secondary

#D0D0DC

accent

#4AA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB995

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

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