#BBBB97#BBBB97

#BBBB97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.049 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB97
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -6.06, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 19.27, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0147 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.049 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8494, 48.3403, 36.2928)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB97 #9797BB

analogous

#BBA997 #BBBB97 #A9BB97

triadic

#BBBB97 #97BBBB #BB97BB

tetradic

#BBBB97 #97BBA9 #9797BB #BB97A9

square

#BBBB97 #97BBA9 #9797BB #BB97A9

split-complementary

#BBBB97 #97A9BB #A997BB

monochromatic

#828255 #A3A372 #BBBB97 #D3D3BC #EBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB97

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB97	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.049 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb5',
    500: '#bbbb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb97;
$custom-light: #cfcfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78266,
    "c": 0.04903,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB97

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#469F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB97

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

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