#BBB59C#BBB59C

#BBB59C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.035 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59C
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -2.12, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 13.68, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0036 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.035 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.0178, 46.0134, 38.0614)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59C #9CA2BB

analogous

#BBA69C #BBB59C #B2BB9C

triadic

#BBB59C #9CBBB5 #B59CBB

tetradic

#BBB59C #9CBBA6 #9CA2BB #BB9CB2

square

#BBB59C #9CBBA6 #9CA2BB #BB9CB2

split-complementary

#BBB59C #9CB2BB #A69CBB

monochromatic

#837B5A #A29A78 #BBB59C #D4D0C0 #EDEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BBB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59C

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59C	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)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.035 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb9',
    500: '#bbb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59c;
$custom-light: #cfcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77129,
    "c": 0.0351,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59C

secondary

#D5D6DE

accent

#599D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59C

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

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