#BBBB99#BBBB99

#BBBB99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.046 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB99
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -5.76, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 18.21, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0139 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.046 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0132, 48.4058, 37.1554)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB99 #9999BB

analogous

#BBAA99 #BBBB99 #AABB99

triadic

#BBBB99 #99BBBB #BB99BB

tetradic

#BBBB99 #99BBAA #9999BB #BB99AA

square

#BBBB99 #99BBAA #9999BB #BB99AA

split-complementary

#BBBB99 #99AABB #AA99BB

monochromatic

#838357 #A3A374 #BBBB99 #D3D3BE #ECECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB99

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB99	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.046 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb7',
    500: '#bbbb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb99;
$custom-light: #cfcfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78312,
    "c": 0.0464,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB99

secondary

#D2D2DD

accent

#479E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB99

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

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