#BBB79F#BBB79F

#BBB79F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.033 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB79F
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -2.71, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 13.01, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0054 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.033 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6845, 46.9355, 39.5523)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB79F #9FA3BB

analogous

#BBA99F #BBB79F #B1BB9F

triadic

#BBB79F #9FBBB7 #B79FBB

tetradic

#BBB79F #9FBBA9 #9FA3BB #BB9FB1

square

#BBB79F #9FBBA9 #9FA3BB #BB9FB1

split-complementary

#BBB79F #9FB1BB #A99FBB

monochromatic

#837D5D #A29C7B #BBB79F #D4D2C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBB79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB79F

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB79F	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.033 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccbb',
    500: '#bbb79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb79f;
$custom-light: #cfccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77619,
    "c": 0.03336,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB79F

secondary

#D7D8DF

accent

#569B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB79F

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

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