#BBB699#BBB699

#BBB699 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.040 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB699
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -3.12, 15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 15.74, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0064 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.04 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9709, 46.3212, 36.8080)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB699 #999EBB

analogous

#BBA599 #BBB699 #AFBB99

triadic

#BBB699 #99BBB6 #B699BB

tetradic

#BBB699 #99BBA5 #999EBB #BB99AF

square

#BBB699 #99BBA5 #999EBB #BB99AF

split-complementary

#BBB699 #99AFBB #A599BB

monochromatic

#837C57 #A39C74 #BBB699 #D3D0BE #ECEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB699

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB699	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.040 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb7',
    500: '#bbb699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb699;
$custom-light: #cfcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.04018,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB699

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#549E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB699

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

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