#BBB899#BBB899

#BBB899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.043 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB899
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -4.18, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 16.70, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0094 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.043 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3834, 47.1462, 36.9455)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB899 #999CBB

analogous

#BBA799 #BBB899 #ADBB99

triadic

#BBB899 #99BBB8 #B899BB

tetradic

#BBB899 #99BBA7 #999CBB #BB99AD

square

#BBB899 #99BBA7 #999CBB #BB99AD

split-complementary

#BBB899 #99ADBB #A799BB

monochromatic

#837F57 #A39E74 #BBB899 #D3D2BE #ECEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB899

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB899	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.043 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdb7',
    500: '#bbb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb899;
$custom-light: #cfcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77682,
    "c": 0.04256,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB899

secondary

#D2D3DD

accent

#4F9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB899

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

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