#BBBB98#BBBB98

#BBBB98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.048 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB98
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -5.91, 17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 18.74, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0143 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.048 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9310, 48.3729, 36.7223)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB98 #9898BB

analogous

#BBAA98 #BBBB98 #AABB98

triadic

#BBBB98 #98BBBB #BB98BB

tetradic

#BBBB98 #98BBAA #9898BB #BB98AA

square

#BBBB98 #98BBAA #9898BB #BB98AA

split-complementary

#BBBB98 #98AABB #AA98BB

monochromatic

#828256 #A3A373 #BBBB98 #D3D3BD #ECECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB98

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB98	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)

#C1B896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.048 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb6',
    500: '#bbbb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb98;
$custom-light: #cfcfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB98

secondary

#D2D2DD

accent

#479F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB98

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

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