#BBB89F#BBB89F

#BBB89F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.035 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB89F
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -3.24, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 13.49, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0069 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.035 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8915, 47.3494, 39.6213)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB89F #9FA2BB

analogous

#BBAA9F #BBB89F #B0BB9F

triadic

#BBB89F #9FBBB8 #B89FBB

tetradic

#BBB89F #9FBBAA #9FA2BB #BB9FB0

square

#BBB89F #9FBBAA #9FA2BB #BB9FB0

split-complementary

#BBB89F #9FB0BB #AA9FBB

monochromatic

#837F5D #A29E7B #BBB89F #D4D2C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBB89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB89F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB89F	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.035 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbb',
    500: '#bbb89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb89f;
$custom-light: #cfcdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.03456,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB89F

secondary

#D7D8DF

accent

#539B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB89F

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

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