#BBBA99#BBBA99

#BBBA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.045 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA99
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -5.23, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 17.70, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0124 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.045 106)
XYZ	xyz(43.8018, 47.9830, 37.0850)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA99 #999ABB

analogous

#BBA999 #BBBA99 #ABBB99

triadic

#BBBA99 #99BBBA #BA99BB

tetradic

#BBBA99 #99BBA9 #999ABB #BB99AB

square

#BBBA99 #99BBA9 #999ABB #BB99AB

split-complementary

#BBBA99 #99ABBB #A999BB

monochromatic

#838157 #A3A174 #BBBA99 #D3D3BE #ECECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBBA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA99

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA99	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.045 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb7',
    500: '#bbba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba99;
$custom-light: #cfceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78102,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.47983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA99

secondary

#D2D3DD

accent

#4A9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA99

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

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