#BBB99D#BBB99D

#BBB99D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.038 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99D
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -4.08, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 15.06, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0092 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.038 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9278, 47.6975, 38.7842)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99D #9D9FBB

analogous

#BBAA9D #BBB99D #AEBB9D

triadic

#BBB99D #9DBBB9 #B99DBB

tetradic

#BBB99D #9DBBAA #9D9FBB #BB9DAE

square

#BBB99D #9DBBAA #9D9FBB #BB9DAE

split-complementary

#BBB99D #9DAEBB #AA9DBB

monochromatic

#83805B #A29F79 #BBB99D #D4D3C1 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99D

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99D	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.038 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceba',
    500: '#bbb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99d;
$custom-light: #cfceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77987,
    "c": 0.03848,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99D

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#4F9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99D

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

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