#BBB89D#BBB89D

#BBB89D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.037 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB89D
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -3.56, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 14.56, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0077 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.037 102)
XYZ	xyz(43.7194, 47.2806, 38.7147)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB89D #9DA0BB

analogous

#BBA99D #BBB89D #AFBB9D

triadic

#BBB89D #9DBBB8 #B89DBB

tetradic

#BBB89D #9DBBA9 #9DA0BB #BB9DAF

square

#BBB89D #9DBBA9 #9DA0BB #BB9DAF

split-complementary

#BBB89D #9DAFBB #A99DBB

monochromatic

#837F5B #A29E79 #BBB89D #D4D2C1 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBB89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB89D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB89D	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.037 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdba',
    500: '#bbb89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb89d;
$custom-light: #cfcdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77778,
    "c": 0.03723,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.4728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB89D

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#519C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB89D

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

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