#BBB799#BBB799

#BBB799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB799
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -3.65, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 16.21, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0079 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(43.1765, 46.7322, 36.8765)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB799 #999DBB

analogous

#BBA699 #BBB799 #AEBB99

triadic

#BBB799 #99BBB7 #B799BB

tetradic

#BBB799 #99BBA6 #999DBB #BB99AE

square

#BBB799 #99BBA6 #999DBB #BB99AE

split-complementary

#BBB799 #99AEBB #A699BB

monochromatic

#837D57 #A39D74 #BBB799 #D3D1BE #ECEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBB799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB799

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB799	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb7',
    500: '#bbb799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb799;
$custom-light: #cfccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77473,
    "c": 0.04135,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.46732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB799

secondary

#D2D4DD

accent

#519E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB799

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

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