#BBBB9B#BBBB9B

#BBBB9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.044 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9B
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -5.45, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 17.14, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0131 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.044 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1798, 48.4724, 38.0327)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9B #9B9BBB

analogous

#BBAB9B #BBBB9B #ABBB9B

triadic

#BBBB9B #9BBBBB #BB9BBB

tetradic

#BBBB9B #9BBBAB #9B9BBB #BB9BAB

square

#BBBB9B #9BBBAB #9B9BBB #BB9BAB

split-complementary

#BBBB9B #9BABBB #AB9BBB

monochromatic

#838359 #A2A277 #BBBB9B #D4D4BF #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9B

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9B	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)

#C1B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.044 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb8',
    500: '#bbbb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9b;
$custom-light: #cfcfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78359,
    "c": 0.04375,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9B

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#489D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9B

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

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