#BBBB9E#BBBB9E

#BBBB9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.040 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9E
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -4.98, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 15.55, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0118 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.04 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4349, 48.5745, 39.3761)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9E #9E9EBB

analogous

#BBAC9E #BBBB9E #ACBB9E

triadic

#BBBB9E #9EBBBB #BB9EBB

tetradic

#BBBB9E #9EBBAC #9E9EBB #BB9EAC

square

#BBBB9E #9EBBAC #9E9EBB #BB9EAC

split-complementary

#BBBB9E #9EACBB #AC9EBB

monochromatic

#83835C #A2A27A #BBBB9E #D4D4C2 #EDEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9E	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)

#C0B89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.040 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfba',
    500: '#bbbb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9e;
$custom-light: #cfcfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.03973,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9E

secondary

#D6D6DF

accent

#4A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9E

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

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