#BBBB8A#BBBB8A

#BBBB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.066 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB8A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -7.93, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 26.14, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0202 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.066 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8513, 47.9410, 31.0360)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB8A #8A8ABB

analogous

#BBA28A #BBBB8A #A2BB8A

triadic

#BBBB8A #8ABBBB #BB8ABB

tetradic

#BBBB8A #8ABBA2 #8A8ABB #BB8AA2

square

#BBBB8A #8ABBA2 #8A8ABB #BB8AA2

split-complementary

#BBBB8A #8AA2BB #A28ABB

monochromatic

#80804A #A5A563 #BBBB8A #D1D1B1 #E8E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBBB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB8A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB8A	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.066 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfac',
    500: '#bbbb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb8a;
$custom-light: #d0cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77985,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB8A

secondary

#C8C8D9

accent

#40A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB8A

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

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