#BBBB88#BBBB88

#BBBB88 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.068 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB88
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 136)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -8.20, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 27.19, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.021 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.068 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7079, 47.8836, 30.2804)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB88 #8888BB

analogous

#BBA188 #BBBB88 #A1BB88

triadic

#BBBB88 #88BBBB #BB88BB

tetradic

#BBBB88 #88BBA1 #8888BB #BB88A1

square

#BBBB88 #88BBA1 #8888BB #BB88A1

split-complementary

#BBBB88 #88A1BB #A188BB

monochromatic

#808049 #A5A561 #BBBB88 #D1D1AF #E8E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBB88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBB88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB88

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB88	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#C3B785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.068 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfab',
    500: '#bbbb88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb88;
$custom-light: #d0cfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77944,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB88

secondary

#C6C6D8

accent

#40A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB88

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

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