#BBBC97#BBBC97

#BBBC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.050 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC97
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -6.59, 18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 19.79, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0162 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.05 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0623, 48.7660, 36.3637)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC97 #9897BC

analogous

#BCAB97 #BBBC97 #A9BC97

triadic

#BBBC97 #97BBBC #BC97BB

tetradic

#BBBC97 #97BCAB #9897BC #BC97A9

square

#BBBC97 #97BCAB #9897BC #BC97A9

split-complementary

#BBBC97 #97A9BC #AB97BC

monochromatic

#828455 #A3A472 #BBBC97 #D3D4BC #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBBC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC97

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC97	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.050 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b5',
    500: '#bbbc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc97;
$custom-light: #cfd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.05036,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC97

secondary

#D2D1DD

accent

#45A048

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC97

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

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