#BBB89E#BBB89E

#BBB89E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.036 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB89E
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -3.40, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 14.03, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0073 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.036 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8051, 47.3149, 39.1661)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB89E #9EA1BB

analogous

#BBA99E #BBB89E #AFBB9E

triadic

#BBB89E #9EBBB8 #B89EBB

tetradic

#BBB89E #9EBBA9 #9EA1BB #BB9EAF

square

#BBB89E #9EBBA9 #9EA1BB #BB9EAF

split-complementary

#BBB89E #9EAFBB #A99EBB

monochromatic

#837F5C #A29E7A #BBB89E #D4D2C2 #EDEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBB89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB89E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB89E	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)

#BDB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.036 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdba',
    500: '#bbb89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb89e;
$custom-light: #cfcdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.0359,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB89E

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#529C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB89E

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

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