#BBB797#BBB797

#BBB797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.044 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB797
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -3.95, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 17.28, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0087 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.044 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0127, 46.6667, 36.0138)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB797 #979BBB

analogous

#BBA597 #BBB797 #ADBB97

triadic

#BBB797 #97BBB7 #B797BB

tetradic

#BBB797 #97BBA5 #979BBB #BB97AD

square

#BBB797 #97BBA5 #979BBB #BB97AD

split-complementary

#BBB797 #97ADBB #A597BB

monochromatic

#827D55 #A39D72 #BBB797 #D3D1BC #EBEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBB797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB797

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB797	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.044 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb5',
    500: '#bbb797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb797;
$custom-light: #cfccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77426,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB797

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#509F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB797

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

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