#BBBC9C#BBBC9C

#BBBC9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.044 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9C
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(62, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -5.82, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 17.14, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0141 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.044 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4770, 48.9319, 38.5478)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9C #9D9CBC

analogous

#BCAD9C #BBBC9C #ABBC9C

triadic

#BBBC9C #9CBBBC #BC9CBB

tetradic

#BBBC9C #9CBCAD #9D9CBC #BC9CAB

square

#BBBC9C #9CBCAD #9D9CBC #BC9CAB

split-complementary

#BBBC9C #9CABBC #AD9CBC

monochromatic

#838459 #A2A378 #BBBC9C #D4D5C0 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9C

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9C	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.044 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b9',
    500: '#bbbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9c;
$custom-light: #cfd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.04375,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9C

secondary

#D5D5DF

accent

#489E4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9C

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

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