#BBB79E#BBB79E

#BBB79E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.035 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79E
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -2.87, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 13.54, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0058 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.035 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5981, 46.9009, 39.0971)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79E #9EA2BB

analogous

#BBA89E #BBB79E #B0BB9E

triadic

#BBB79E #9EBBB7 #B79EBB

tetradic

#BBB79E #9EBBA8 #9EA2BB #BB9EB0

square

#BBB79E #9EBBA8 #9EA2BB #BB9EB0

split-complementary

#BBB79E #9EB0BB #A89EBB

monochromatic

#837D5C #A29C7A #BBB79E #D4D2C2 #EDECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBB79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79E	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.035 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccba',
    500: '#bbb79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79e;
$custom-light: #cfccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77594,
    "c": 0.0347,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79E

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#559C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79E

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

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