#BBBB8B#BBBB8B

#BBBB8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.065 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB8B
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -7.79, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 25.61, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0198 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.065 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9240, 47.9701, 31.4190)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB8B #8B8BBB

analogous

#BBA38B #BBBB8B #A3BB8B

triadic

#BBBB8B #8BBBBB #BB8BBB

tetradic

#BBBB8B #8BBBA3 #8B8BBB #BB8BA3

square

#BBBB8B #8BBBA3 #8B8BBB #BB8BA3

split-complementary

#BBBB8B #8BA3BB #A38BBB

monochromatic

#80804B #A4A464 #BBBB8B #D2D2B2 #E8E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBBB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB8B

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB8B	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)

#C3B788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.065 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfad',
    500: '#bbbb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb8b;
$custom-light: #d0cfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78005,
    "c": 0.0646,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB8B

secondary

#C8C8D9

accent

#41A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB8B

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

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