#BBBC9A#BBBC9A

#BBBC9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.046 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9A
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(62, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -6.13, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 18.20, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.015 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.046 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3091, 48.8647, 37.6632)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9A #9B9ABC

analogous

#BCAC9A #BBBC9A #AABC9A

triadic

#BBBC9A #9ABBBC #BC9ABB

tetradic

#BBBC9A #9ABCAC #9B9ABC #BC9AAA

square

#BBBC9A #9ABCAC #9B9ABC #BC9AAA

split-complementary

#BBBC9A #9AAABC #AC9ABC

monochromatic

#838458 #A2A475 #BBBC9A #D4D4BF #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBBC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9A	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)

#C2B998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.046 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b7',
    500: '#bbbc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9a;
$custom-light: #cfd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9A

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#479F49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9A

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

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