#BBB99F#BBB99F

#BBB99F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB99F
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -3.77, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 13.99, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0084 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1000, 47.7664, 39.6908)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB99F #9FA1BB

analogous

#BBAB9F #BBB99F #AFBB9F

triadic

#BBB99F #9FBBB9 #B99FBB

tetradic

#BBB99F #9FBBAB #9FA1BB #BB9FAF

square

#BBB99F #9FBBAB #9FA1BB #BB9FAF

split-complementary

#BBB99F #9FAFBB #AB9FBB

monochromatic

#83805D #A29F7B #BBB99F #D4D3C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBB99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB99F

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB99F	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)

#BEB79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcebb',
    500: '#bbb99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb99f;
$custom-light: #cfcebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78036,
    "c": 0.0358,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB99F

secondary

#D7D7DF

accent

#509B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB99F

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

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