#BBB59F#BBB59F

#BBB59F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB59F
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(47, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -1.64, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 12.09, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0024 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2749, 46.1163, 39.4158)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB59F #9FA5BB

analogous

#BBA79F #BBB59F #B3BB9F

triadic

#BBB59F #9FBBB5 #B59FBB

tetradic

#BBB59F #9FBBA7 #9FA5BB #BB9FB3

square

#BBB59F #9FBBA7 #9FA5BB #BB9FB3

split-complementary

#BBB59F #9FB3BB #A79FBB

monochromatic

#837B5D #A2997B #BBB59F #D4D1C3 #EEECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB59F

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB59F	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#BAB49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbbb',
    500: '#bbb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb59f;
$custom-light: #cfcbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.03113,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB59F

secondary

#D7D8DF

accent

#5C9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB59F

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

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