#BBBB8E#BBBB8E

#BBBB8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.061 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB8E
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -7.38, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 24.04, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0185 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.061 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1463, 48.0590, 32.5893)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB8E #8E8EBB

analogous

#BBA58E #BBBB8E #A5BB8E

triadic

#BBBB8E #8EBBBB #BB8EBB

tetradic

#BBBB8E #8EBBA5 #8E8EBB #BB8EA5

square

#BBBB8E #8EBBA5 #8E8EBB #BB8EA5

split-complementary

#BBBB8E #8EA5BB #A58EBB

monochromatic

#81814E #A4A468 #BBBB8E #D2D2B4 #E9E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB8E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB8E	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)

#C3B78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.061 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfaf',
    500: '#bbbb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb8e;
$custom-light: #d0cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78068,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB8E

secondary

#CBCBDA

accent

#42A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB8E

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

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