#BBBB9C#BBBB9C

#BBBB9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.042 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9C
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -5.30, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 16.61, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0126 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.042 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2641, 48.5062, 38.4768)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9C #9C9CBB

analogous

#BBAC9C #BBBB9C #ACBB9C

triadic

#BBBB9C #9CBBBB #BB9CBB

tetradic

#BBBB9C #9CBBAC #9C9CBB #BB9CAC

square

#BBBB9C #9CBBAC #9C9CBB #BB9CAC

split-complementary

#BBBB9C #9CACBB #AC9CBB

monochromatic

#83835A #A2A278 #BBBB9C #D4D4C0 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9C	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.042 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfb9',
    500: '#bbbb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9c;
$custom-light: #cfcfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.04241,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9C

secondary

#D5D5DE

accent

#499D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9C

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

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