#BBBB89#BBBB89

#BBBB89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.067 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB89
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -8.07, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 26.66, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0206 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.067 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7792, 47.9122, 30.6565)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB89 #8989BB

analogous

#BBA289 #BBBB89 #A2BB89

triadic

#BBBB89 #89BBBB #BB89BB

tetradic

#BBBB89 #89BBA2 #8989BB #BB89A2

square

#BBBB89 #89BBA2 #8989BB #BB89A2

split-complementary

#BBBB89 #89A2BB #A289BB

monochromatic

#80804A #A5A562 #BBBB89 #D1D1B0 #E8E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB89

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB89	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)

#C3B786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.067 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfab',
    500: '#bbbb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb89;
$custom-light: #d0cfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.06714,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB89

secondary

#C7C7D9

accent

#40A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB89

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

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