#BBBA97#BBBA97

#BBBA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.048 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA97
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -5.54, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 18.76, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0132 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.048 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6380, 47.9175, 36.2223)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA97 #9798BB

analogous

#BBA897 #BBBA97 #AABB97

triadic

#BBBA97 #97BBBA #BA97BB

tetradic

#BBBA97 #97BBA8 #9798BB #BB97AA

square

#BBBA97 #97BBA8 #9798BB #BB97AA

split-complementary

#BBBA97 #97AABB #A897BB

monochromatic

#828155 #A3A172 #BBBA97 #D3D3BC #EBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA97

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA97	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.048 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb5',
    500: '#bbba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba97;
$custom-light: #cfceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78056,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA97

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#499F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA97

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

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