#BBB39B#BBB39B

#BBB39B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.034 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB39B
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 155)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -1.21, 13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 13.34, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.001 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.034 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5297, 45.1722, 37.4827)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB39B #9BA3BB

analogous

#BBA39B #BBB39B #B3BB9B

triadic

#BBB39B #9BBBB3 #B39BBB

tetradic

#BBB39B #9BBBA3 #9BA3BB #BB9BB3

square

#BBB39B #9BBBA3 #9BA3BB #BB9BB3

split-complementary

#BBB39B #9BB3BB #A39BBB

monochromatic

#837859 #A29777 #BBB39B #D4CFBF #EDEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB39B

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB39B	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.034 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b8',
    500: '#bbb39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb39b;
$custom-light: #cfc9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76689,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB39B

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#5D9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB39B

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

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