#BBB99E#BBB99E

#BBB99E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.037 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99E
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -3.93, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 14.52, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0088 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.037 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0135, 47.7318, 39.2356)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99E #9EA0BB

analogous

#BBAA9E #BBB99E #AEBB9E

triadic

#BBB99E #9EBBB9 #B99EBB

tetradic

#BBB99E #9EBBAA #9EA0BB #BB9EAE

square

#BBB99E #9EBBAA #9EA0BB #BB9EAE

split-complementary

#BBB99E #9EAEBB #AA9EBB

monochromatic

#83805C #A29F7A #BBB99E #D4D3C2 #EDEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99E	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.037 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceba',
    500: '#bbb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99e;
$custom-light: #cfceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.03714,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99E

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#4F9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99E

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

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