#BBB59A#BBB59A

#BBB59A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.038 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59A
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -2.43, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 14.74, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0045 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.038 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8498, 45.9462, 37.1768)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59A #9AA0BB

analogous

#BBA59A #BBB59A #B1BB9A

triadic

#BBB59A #9ABBB5 #B59ABB

tetradic

#BBB59A #9ABBA5 #9AA0BB #BB9AB1

square

#BBB59A #9ABBA5 #9AA0BB #BB9AB1

split-complementary

#BBB59A #9AB1BB #A59ABB

monochromatic

#837B58 #A29A75 #BBB59A #D4D0BF #ECEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BBB59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59A

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59A	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.038 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb7',
    500: '#bbb59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59a;
$custom-light: #cfcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7708,
    "c": 0.03774,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59A

secondary

#D3D5DE

accent

#579E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59A

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

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