#BBB59E#BBB59E

#BBB59E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.032 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59E
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -1.80, 12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 12.62, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0028 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.032 95)
XYZ	xyz(43.1885, 46.0817, 38.9606)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59E #9EA4BB

analogous

#BBA69E #BBB59E #B3BB9E

triadic

#BBB59E #9EBBB5 #B59EBB

tetradic

#BBB59E #9EBBA6 #9EA4BB #BB9EB3

square

#BBB59E #9EBBA6 #9EA4BB #BB9EB3

split-complementary

#BBB59E #9EB3BB #A69EBB

monochromatic

#837B5C #A29A7A #BBB59E #D4D0C2 #EDECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59E	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.032 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbba',
    500: '#bbb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59e;
$custom-light: #cfcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77178,
    "c": 0.03245,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.46081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59E

secondary

#D6D8DF

accent

#5B9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59E

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

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