#BBBC8B#BBBC8B

#BBBC8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.066 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC8B
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -8.32, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 26.12, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0212 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.066 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1369, 48.3959, 31.4900)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC8B #8C8BBC

analogous

#BCA58B #BBBC8B #A3BC8B

triadic

#BBBC8B #8BBBBC #BC8BBB

tetradic

#BBBC8B #8BBCA5 #8C8BBC #BC8BA3

square

#BBBC8B #8BBCA5 #8C8BBC #BC8BA3

split-complementary

#BBBC8B #8BA3BC #A58BBC

monochromatic

#81824B #A4A664 #BBBC8B #D2D2B2 #E8E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC8B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC8B	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.066 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ad',
    500: '#bbbc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc8b;
$custom-light: #d0d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78217,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC8B

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#40A542

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC8B

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

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