#BBB79C#BBB79C

#BBB79C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.037 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79C
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(52, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -3.18, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 14.61, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0067 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.037 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4273, 46.8326, 38.1979)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79C #9CA0BB

analogous

#BBA89C #BBB79C #B0BB9C

triadic

#BBB79C #9CBBB7 #B79CBB

tetradic

#BBB79C #9CBBA8 #9CA0BB #BB9CB0

square

#BBB79C #9CBBA8 #9CA0BB #BB9CB0

split-complementary

#BBB79C #9CB0BB #A89CBB

monochromatic

#837D5A #A29D78 #BBB79C #D4D1C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBB79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79C	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.037 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccb9',
    500: '#bbb79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79c;
$custom-light: #cfccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.03737,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79C

secondary

#D5D6DE

accent

#539D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79C

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

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