#BBB69C#BBB69C

#BBB69C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.036 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB69C
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -2.65, 13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 14.14, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0051 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.036 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2218, 46.4215, 38.1294)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB69C #9CA1BB

analogous

#BBA79C #BBB69C #B1BB9C

triadic

#BBB69C #9CBBB6 #B69CBB

tetradic

#BBB69C #9CBBA7 #9CA1BB #BB9CB1

square

#BBB69C #9CBBA7 #9CA1BB #BB9CB1

split-complementary

#BBB69C #9CB1BB #A79CBB

monochromatic

#837C5A #A29B78 #BBB69C #D4D1C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBB69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB69C

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB69C	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)

#BCB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.036 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb9',
    500: '#bbb69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb69c;
$custom-light: #cfcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB69C

secondary

#D5D6DE

accent

#569D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB69C

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

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