#BBB89C#BBB89C

#BBB89C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.039 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB89C
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(54, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -3.71, 14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 15.09, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0082 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.039 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6343, 47.2466, 38.2669)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB89C #9C9FBB

analogous

#BBA99C #BBB89C #AFBB9C

triadic

#BBB89C #9CBBB8 #B89CBB

tetradic

#BBB89C #9CBBA9 #9C9FBB #BB9CAF

square

#BBB89C #9CBBA9 #9C9FBB #BB9CAF

split-complementary

#BBB89C #9CAFBB #A99CBB

monochromatic

#837F5A #A29E78 #BBB89C #D4D2C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBB89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB89C

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB89C	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.039 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdb9',
    500: '#bbb89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb89c;
$custom-light: #cfcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77754,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB89C

secondary

#D5D5DE

accent

#519D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB89C

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

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