#BBB79A#BBB79A

#BBB79A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.040 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79A
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -3.49, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 15.68, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0075 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.04 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2594, 46.7654, 37.3133)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79A #9A9EBB

analogous

#BBA79A #BBB79A #AFBB9A

triadic

#BBB79A #9ABBB7 #B79ABB

tetradic

#BBB79A #9ABBA7 #9A9EBB #BB9AAF

square

#BBB79A #9ABBA7 #9A9EBB #BB9AAF

split-complementary

#BBB79A #9AAFBB #A79ABB

monochromatic

#837D58 #A29D75 #BBB79A #D4D1BF #ECEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBB79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79A	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)

#BDB598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.040 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb7',
    500: '#bbb79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79a;
$custom-light: #cfccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.04003,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79A

secondary

#D3D4DE

accent

#529E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79A

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

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