All About Color #BBB38B

#BBB38B

About #BBB38B

#BBB38B is a light yellow color with the hex code #BBB38B. In RGB it is red 187, green 179, blue 139; in HSL it is hue 50°, saturation 26%, lightness 64%; in CMYK it is 0%, 4%, 26%, 27%. Its contrast ratio is 2.11:1 on white and 9.93:1 on black.

#BBB38B Color Conversion

Hex tripletBB, B3, 8B
CMYK0.00%, 4.28%, 25.67%, 26.67%
RGB Decimal187, 179, 139
HSL50°, 26%, 64%
RGB Octal273, 263, 213
HSV (HSB)50.00°, 25.67%, 73.33%
RGB Binary10111011, 10110011, 10001011
CIE-L*AB72.67, -3.58, 21.49
RGB Percent73.33%, 70.20%, 54.51%
CIE-L*CH72.67, 21.79, 99.46
XYZ41.27, 44.67, 30.87
CIE-L*UV72.67, 7.11, 30.00
xyY0.35, 0.38, 44.67
Hunter-Lab66.83, -6.73, 19.40
RYB58.27%, 73.33%, 54.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BBB38B on a dark background: contrast 9.93:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BBB38B on a light background: contrast 2.11:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BBB38B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #BBB38B. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#BBB38B · #DDD9C5 · #948A57 · #8B93BB · #C5C9DD

Analogous palette

#BB8B93 · #BB9B8B · #BBB38B · #ABBB8B · #93BB8B

Triadic palette

#BBB38B · #8BBBB3 · #B38BBB · #DDD9C5 · #C5DDD9

Tetradic palette

#BBB38B · #8BBB9B · #8B93BB · #BB8BAB · #948A57

Monochromatic palette

#6D6640 · #9D935C · #BBB38B · #D7D3BC · #F4F2EC

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