#BBB99C#BBB99C

#BBB99C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.040 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99C
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -4.24, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 15.59, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0097 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.04 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.8428, 47.6635, 38.3364)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99C #9C9EBB

analogous

#BBAA9C #BBB99C #AEBB9C

triadic

#BBB99C #9CBBB9 #B99CBB

tetradic

#BBB99C #9CBBAA #9C9EBB #BB9CAE

square

#BBB99C #9CBBAA #9C9EBB #BB9CAE

split-complementary

#BBB99C #9CAEBB #AA9CBB

monochromatic

#83805A #A29F78 #BBB99C #D4D3C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99C

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99C	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.040 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb9',
    500: '#bbb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99c;
$custom-light: #cfceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.03982,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.47663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99C

secondary

#D5D5DE

accent

#4E9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99C

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

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