#BBB89B#BBB89B

#BBB89B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.040 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB89B
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(54, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -3.87, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 15.63, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0086 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.04 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5500, 47.2128, 37.8228)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB89B #9B9EBB

analogous

#BBA89B #BBB89B #AEBB9B

triadic

#BBB89B #9BBBB8 #B89BBB

tetradic

#BBB89B #9BBBA8 #9B9EBB #BB9BAE

square

#BBB89B #9BBBA8 #9B9EBB #BB9BAE

split-complementary

#BBB89B #9BAEBB #A89BBB

monochromatic

#837F59 #A29E77 #BBB89B #D4D2BF #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBB89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB89B

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB89B	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.040 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdb8',
    500: '#bbb89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb89b;
$custom-light: #cfcdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.0399,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB89B

secondary

#D4D5DE

accent

#509D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB89B

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

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