#BBBB9A#BBBB9A

#BBBB9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.045 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -5.61, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 17.68, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0135 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.045 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0962, 48.4390, 37.5922)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9A #9A9ABB

analogous

#BBAB9A #BBBB9A #ABBB9A

triadic

#BBBB9A #9ABBBB #BB9ABB

tetradic

#BBBB9A #9ABBAB #9A9ABB #BB9AAB

square

#BBBB9A #9ABBAB #9A9ABB #BB9AAB

split-complementary

#BBBB9A #9AABBB #AB9ABB

monochromatic

#838358 #A2A275 #BBBB9A #D4D4BF #ECECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9A	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.045 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb7',
    500: '#bbbb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9a;
$custom-light: #cfcfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78335,
    "c": 0.04507,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9A

secondary

#D3D3DE

accent

#489E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9A

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

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