#BBBC99#BBBC99

#BBBC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.048 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC99
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -6.28, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 18.73, 109.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0154 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.048 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2261, 48.8316, 37.2264)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC99 #9A99BC

analogous

#BCAC99 #BBBC99 #AABC99

triadic

#BBBC99 #99BBBC #BC99BB

tetradic

#BBBC99 #99BCAC #9A99BC #BC99AA

square

#BBBC99 #99BCAC #9A99BC #BC99AA

split-complementary

#BBBC99 #99AABC #AC99BC

monochromatic

#838457 #A2A474 #BBBC99 #D4D4BE #ECEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC99

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC99	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.048 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b7',
    500: '#bbbc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc99;
$custom-light: #cfd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78523,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC99

secondary

#D3D3DE

accent

#469F49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC99

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

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