#BBB59B#BBB59B

#BBB59B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.036 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59B
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -2.28, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 14.21, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0041 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.036 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9334, 45.9797, 37.6172)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59B #9BA1BB

analogous

#BBA59B #BBB59B #B1BB9B

triadic

#BBB59B #9BBBB5 #B59BBB

tetradic

#BBB59B #9BBBA5 #9BA1BB #BB9BB1

square

#BBB59B #9BBBA5 #9BA1BB #BB9BB1

split-complementary

#BBB59B #9BB1BB #A59BBB

monochromatic

#837B59 #A29A77 #BBB59B #D4D0BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BBB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.036 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb8',
    500: '#bbb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59b;
$custom-light: #cfcbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77104,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59B

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#589D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59B

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

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