#BBB99B#BBB99B

#BBB99B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.041 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99B
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -4.40, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 16.12, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0101 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.041 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7585, 47.6298, 37.8923)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99B #9B9DBB

analogous

#BBA99B #BBB99B #ADBB9B

triadic

#BBB99B #9BBBB9 #B99BBB

tetradic

#BBB99B #9BBBA9 #9B9DBB #BB9BAD

square

#BBB99B #9BBBA9 #9B9DBB #BB9BAD

split-complementary

#BBB99B #9BADBB #A99BBB

monochromatic

#838059 #A2A077 #BBB99B #D4D3BF #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99B	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.041 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb8',
    500: '#bbb99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99b;
$custom-light: #cfceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77939,
    "c": 0.04115,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99B

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#4D9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99B

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

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