#BBBC8E#BBBC8E

#BBBC8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.062 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC8E
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(61, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -7.90, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 24.55, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.02 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.062 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3591, 48.4848, 32.6603)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC8E #8F8EBC

analogous

#BCA68E #BBBC8E #A4BC8E

triadic

#BBBC8E #8EBBBC #BC8EBB

tetradic

#BBBC8E #8EBCA6 #8F8EBC #BC8EA4

square

#BBBC8E #8EBCA6 #8F8EBC #BC8EA4

split-complementary

#BBBC8E #8EA4BC #A68EBC

monochromatic

#81824D #A4A568 #BBBC8E #D2D3B4 #E9EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC8E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC8E	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)

#C4B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.062 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0af',
    500: '#bbbc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc8e;
$custom-light: #d0d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7828,
    "c": 0.06206,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC8E

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#41A444

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC8E

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

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