#BBBB9F#BBBB9F

#BBBB9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.038 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB9F
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -4.82, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 15.01, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0114 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.038 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5213, 48.6090, 39.8312)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB9F #9F9FBB

analogous

#BBAD9F #BBBB9F #ADBB9F

triadic

#BBBB9F #9FBBBB #BB9FBB

tetradic

#BBBB9F #9FBBAD #9F9FBB #BB9FAD

square

#BBBB9F #9FBBAD #9F9FBB #BB9FAD

split-complementary

#BBBB9F #9FADBB #AD9FBB

monochromatic

#83835D #A2A27B #BBBB9F #D4D4C3 #EEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBBB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB9F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB9F	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.038 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfbb',
    500: '#bbbb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb9f;
$custom-light: #cfcfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78455,
    "c": 0.0384,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB9F

secondary

#D7D7DF

accent

#4A9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB9F

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

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