#B9BB8A#B9BB8A

#B9BB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.066 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB8A
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -8.70, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 26.16, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0224 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.066 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3653, 47.6904, 31.0132)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB8A #8C8ABB

analogous

#BBA48A #B9BB8A #A0BB8A

triadic

#B9BB8A #8AB9BB #BB8AB9

tetradic

#B9BB8A #8ABBA4 #8C8ABB #BB8AA0

square

#B9BB8A #8ABBA4 #8C8ABB #BB8AA0

split-complementary

#B9BB8A #8AA0BB #A48ABB

monochromatic

#7E804A #A2A563 #B9BB8A #D0D1B1 #E7E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B9BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB8A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB8A	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.066 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfac',
    500: '#b9bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb8a;
$custom-light: #cecfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7782,
    "c": 0.06603,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB8A

secondary

#C8C8D9

accent

#40A545

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB8A

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

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