#BBB997#BBB997

#BBB997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.046 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB997
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -5.01, 17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 18.26, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0117 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.046 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4281, 47.4976, 36.1523)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB997 #9799BB

analogous

#BBA797 #BBB997 #ABBB97

triadic

#BBB997 #97BBB9 #B997BB

tetradic

#BBB997 #97BBA7 #9799BB #BB97AB

square

#BBB997 #97BBA7 #9799BB #BB97AB

split-complementary

#BBB997 #97ABBB #A797BB

monochromatic

#828055 #A3A072 #BBB997 #D3D2BC #EBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB997

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB997	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.046 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb5',
    500: '#bbb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb997;
$custom-light: #cfceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77845,
    "c": 0.04646,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB997

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#4B9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB997

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

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