#BBB59D#BBB59D

#BBB59D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.034 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59D
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -1.96, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 13.15, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0032 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.034 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1028, 46.0474, 38.5092)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59D #9DA3BB

analogous

#BBA69D #BBB59D #B2BB9D

triadic

#BBB59D #9DBBB5 #B59DBB

tetradic

#BBB59D #9DBBA6 #9DA3BB #BB9DB2

square

#BBB59D #9DBBA6 #9DA3BB #BB9DB2

split-complementary

#BBB59D #9DB2BB #A69DBB

monochromatic

#837B5B #A29A79 #BBB59D #D4D0C1 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BBB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59D

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59D	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.034 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbba',
    500: '#bbb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59d;
$custom-light: #cfcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77153,
    "c": 0.03377,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59D

secondary

#D5D7DF

accent

#5A9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59D

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

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