#BBBB8D#BBBB8D

#BBBB8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.062 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB8D
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -7.52, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 24.56, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0189 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.062 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0715, 48.0291, 32.1957)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB8D #8D8DBB

analogous

#BBA48D #BBBB8D #A4BB8D

triadic

#BBBB8D #8DBBBB #BB8DBB

tetradic

#BBBB8D #8DBBA4 #8D8DBB #BB8DA4

square

#BBBB8D #8DBBA4 #8D8DBB #BB8DA4

split-complementary

#BBBB8D #8DA4BB #A48DBB

monochromatic

#81814D #A4A467 #BBBB8D #D2D2B3 #E9E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB8D

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB8D	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.062 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfae',
    500: '#bbbb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb8d;
$custom-light: #d0cfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB8D

secondary

#CACADA

accent

#42A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB8D

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

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