#BBB79B#BBB79B

#BBB79B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.039 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79B
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -3.34, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 15.14, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0071 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.039 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3430, 46.7989, 37.7538)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79B #9B9FBB

analogous

#BBA79B #BBB79B #AFBB9B

triadic

#BBB79B #9BBBB7 #B79BBB

tetradic

#BBB79B #9BBBA7 #9B9FBB #BB9BAF

square

#BBB79B #9BBBA7 #9B9FBB #BB9BAF

split-complementary

#BBB79B #9BAFBB #A79BBB

monochromatic

#837D59 #A29D77 #BBB79B #D4D1BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBB79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79B	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.039 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb8',
    500: '#bbb79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79b;
$custom-light: #cfccb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77521,
    "c": 0.0387,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79B

secondary

#D4D5DE

accent

#539D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79B

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

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