#BBBC9D#BBBC9D

#BBBC9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.042 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9D
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(62, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -5.67, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 16.60, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0137 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.042 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5620, 48.9659, 38.9956)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9D #9E9DBC

analogous

#BCAD9D #BBBC9D #ACBC9D

triadic

#BBBC9D #9DBBBC #BC9DBB

tetradic

#BBBC9D #9DBCAD #9E9DBC #BC9DAC

square

#BBBC9D #9DBCAD #9E9DBC #BC9DAC

split-complementary

#BBBC9D #9DACBC #AD9DBC

monochromatic

#83845A #A2A379 #BBBC9D #D4D5C1 #EDEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBBC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9D

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9D	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)

#C1B99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.042 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ba',
    500: '#bbbc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9d;
$custom-light: #cfd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78616,
    "c": 0.04242,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9D

secondary

#D6D6DF

accent

#489D4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9D

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

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