#BBB599#BBB599

#BBB599 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.039 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB599
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -2.59, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 15.27, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0049 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.039 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7669, 45.9131, 36.7400)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB599 #999FBB

analogous

#BBA499 #BBB599 #B0BB99

triadic

#BBB599 #99BBB5 #B599BB

tetradic

#BBB599 #99BBA4 #999FBB #BB99B0

square

#BBB599 #99BBA4 #999FBB #BB99B0

split-complementary

#BBB599 #99B0BB #A499BB

monochromatic

#837B57 #A39A74 #BBB599 #D3D0BE #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB599

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB599	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.039 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb7',
    500: '#bbb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb599;
$custom-light: #cfcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77056,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB599

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#579E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB599

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

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