#BBB399#BBB399

#BBB399 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.037 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB399
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -1.52, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 14.40, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0019 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.037 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3631, 45.1056, 36.6054)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB399 #99A1BB

analogous

#BBA299 #BBB399 #B2BB99

triadic

#BBB399 #99BBB3 #B399BB

tetradic

#BBB399 #99BBA2 #99A1BB #BB99B2

square

#BBB399 #99BBA2 #99A1BB #BB99B2

split-complementary

#BBB399 #99B2BB #A299BB

monochromatic

#837857 #A39874 #BBB399 #D3CEBE #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BBB399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB399

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB399	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.037 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b7',
    500: '#bbb399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb399;
$custom-light: #cfc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7664,
    "c": 0.03695,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB399

secondary

#D2D5DD

accent

#5C9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB399

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

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