#BBBB96#BBBB96

#BBBB96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.050 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB96
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -6.21, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 19.80, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0151 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.05 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7686, 48.3079, 35.8669)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB96 #9696BB

analogous

#BBA896 #BBBB96 #A8BB96

triadic

#BBBB96 #96BBBB #BB96BB

tetradic

#BBBB96 #96BBA8 #9696BB #BB96A8

square

#BBBB96 #96BBA8 #9696BB #BB96A8

split-complementary

#BBBB96 #96A8BB #A896BB

monochromatic

#828254 #A3A371 #BBBB96 #D3D3BB #EBEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB96

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB96	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.050 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb5',
    500: '#bbbb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb96;
$custom-light: #cfcfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.05035,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB96

secondary

#D0D0DC

accent

#46A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB96

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

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