#BBBA9F#BBBA9F

#BBBA9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.037 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA9F
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -4.30, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 14.49, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0099 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.037 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3099, 48.1862, 39.7608)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA9F #9FA0BB

analogous

#BBAC9F #BBBA9F #AEBB9F

triadic

#BBBA9F #9FBBBA #BA9FBB

tetradic

#BBBA9F #9FBBAC #9FA0BB #BB9FAE

square

#BBBA9F #9FBBAC #9FA0BB #BB9FAE

split-complementary

#BBBA9F #9FAEBB #AC9FBB

monochromatic

#83825D #A2A07B #BBBA9F #D4D4C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA9F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA9F	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.037 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcebb',
    500: '#bbba9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba9f;
$custom-light: #cfcebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.03708,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA9F

secondary

#D7D7DF

accent

#4D9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA9F

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

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