#BBBB8F#BBBB8F

#BBBB8F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.059 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB8F
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -7.23, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 23.51, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0181 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.059 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2217, 48.0892, 32.9865)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB8F #8F8FBB

analogous

#BBA58F #BBBB8F #A5BB8F

triadic

#BBBB8F #8FBBBB #BB8FBB

tetradic

#BBBB8F #8FBBA5 #8F8FBB #BB8FA5

square

#BBBB8F #8FBBA5 #8F8FBB #BB8FA5

split-complementary

#BBBB8F #8FA5BB #A58FBB

monochromatic

#81814E #A4A469 #BBBB8F #D2D2B5 #E9E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB8F

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB8F	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.059 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb0',
    500: '#bbbb8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb8f;
$custom-light: #d0cfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.05947,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB8F

secondary

#CBCBDA

accent

#43A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB8F

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

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