#BBB99A#BBB99A

#BBB99A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.042 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99A
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -4.55, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 16.66, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0105 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.042 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6748, 47.5963, 37.4518)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99A #9A9CBB

analogous

#BBA99A #BBB99A #ADBB9A

triadic

#BBB99A #9ABBB9 #B99ABB

tetradic

#BBB99A #9ABBA9 #9A9CBB #BB9AAD

square

#BBB99A #9ABBA9 #9A9CBB #BB9AAD

split-complementary

#BBB99A #9AADBB #A99ABB

monochromatic

#838058 #A2A075 #BBB99A #D4D2BF #ECECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBB99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99A

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99A	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.042 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb7',
    500: '#bbb99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99a;
$custom-light: #cfceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77916,
    "c": 0.04249,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99A

secondary

#D3D4DE

accent

#4D9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99A

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

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