#BBB69B#BBB69B

#BBB69B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.038 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB69B
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -2.81, 14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 14.67, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0056 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.038 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1375, 46.3878, 37.6853)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB69B #9BA0BB

analogous

#BBA69B #BBB69B #B0BB9B

triadic

#BBB69B #9BBBB6 #B69BBB

tetradic

#BBB69B #9BBBA6 #9BA0BB #BB9BB0

square

#BBB69B #9BBBA6 #9BA0BB #BB9BB0

split-complementary

#BBB69B #9BB0BB #A69BBB

monochromatic

#837C59 #A29B77 #BBB69B #D4D1BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBB69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB69B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB69B	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.038 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb8',
    500: '#bbb69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb69b;
$custom-light: #cfcbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77312,
    "c": 0.03754,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB69B

secondary

#D4D5DE

accent

#559D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB69B

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

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