#BBBC9B#BBBC9B

#BBBC9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.045 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9B
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(62, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -5.98, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 17.67, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0145 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.045 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3927, 48.8982, 38.1037)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9B #9C9BBC

analogous

#BCAD9B #BBBC9B #ABBC9B

triadic

#BBBC9B #9BBBBC #BC9BBB

tetradic

#BBBC9B #9BBCAD #9C9BBC #BC9BAB

square

#BBBC9B #9BBCAD #9C9BBC #BC9BAB

split-complementary

#BBBC9B #9BABBC #AD9BBC

monochromatic

#838459 #A2A376 #BBBC9B #D4D5C0 #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBBC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9B	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.045 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b8',
    500: '#bbbc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9b;
$custom-light: #cfd0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78569,
    "c": 0.04508,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9B

secondary

#D5D4DF

accent

#479E4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9B

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

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