#BBBB9D#BBBB9D

#BBBB9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9D
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -5.14, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 16.08, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0122 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3492, 48.5402, 38.9246)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9D #9D9DBB

analogous

#BBAC9D #BBBB9D #ACBB9D

triadic

#BBBB9D #9DBBBB #BB9DBB

tetradic

#BBBB9D #9DBBAC #9D9DBB #BB9DAC

square

#BBBB9D #9DBBAC #9D9DBB #BB9DAC

split-complementary

#BBBB9D #9DACBB #AC9DBB

monochromatic

#83835B #A2A279 #BBBB9D #D4D4C1 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9D	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfba',
    500: '#bbbb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9d;
$custom-light: #cfcfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.04107,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9D

secondary

#D5D5DF

accent

#499C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9D

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

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