#BBB79D#BBB79D

#BBB79D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.036 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79D
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -3.03, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 14.08, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0062 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.036 100)
XYZ	xyz(43.5124, 46.8666, 38.6457)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79D #9DA1BB

analogous

#BBA89D #BBB79D #B0BB9D

triadic

#BBB79D #9DBBB7 #B79DBB

tetradic

#BBB79D #9DBBA8 #9DA1BB #BB9DB0

square

#BBB79D #9DBBA8 #9DA1BB #BB9DB0

split-complementary

#BBB79D #9DB0BB #A89DBB

monochromatic

#837D5B #A29C79 #BBB79D #D4D2C1 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBB79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79D	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#BCB59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.036 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccba',
    500: '#bbb79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79d;
$custom-light: #cfccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79D

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#549C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →