#B9BB9C#B9BB9C

#B9BB9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.043 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB9C
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -6.04, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 16.64, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0148 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.043 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7781, 48.2556, 38.4540)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB9C #9E9CBB

analogous

#BBAE9C #B9BB9C #AABB9C

triadic

#B9BB9C #9CB9BB #BB9CB9

tetradic

#B9BB9C #9CBBAE #9E9CBB #BB9CAA

square

#B9BB9C #9CBBAE #9E9CBB #BB9CAA

split-complementary

#B9BB9C #9CAABB #AE9CBB

monochromatic

#80835A #9FA278 #B9BB9C #D3D4C0 #ECEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B9BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB9C

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB9C	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.043 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfb9',
    500: '#b9bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb9c;
$custom-light: #cecfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7822,
    "c": 0.04253,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB9C

secondary

#D5D5DE

accent

#499D4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB9C

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

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