#BBBA8D#BBBA8D

#BBBA8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.061 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA8D
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -6.99, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 24.06, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0174 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.061 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8601, 47.6063, 32.1252)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA8D #8D8EBB

analogous

#BBA38D #BBBA8D #A5BB8D

triadic

#BBBA8D #8DBBBA #BA8DBB

tetradic

#BBBA8D #8DBBA3 #8D8EBB #BB8DA5

square

#BBBA8D #8DBBA3 #8D8EBB #BB8DA5

split-complementary

#BBBA8D #8DA5BB #A38DBB

monochromatic

#81804D #A4A367 #BBBA8D #D2D1B3 #E9E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA8D

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA8D	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.061 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceae',
    500: '#bbba8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba8d;
$custom-light: #d0ceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77835,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA8D

secondary

#CACADA

accent

#44A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA8D

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

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