#BBBC9E#BBBC9E

#BBBC9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.041 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9E
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(62, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -5.51, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 16.07, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0133 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.041 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6478, 49.0002, 39.4470)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9E #9F9EBC

analogous

#BCAE9E #BBBC9E #ACBC9E

triadic

#BBBC9E #9EBBBC #BC9EBB

tetradic

#BBBC9E #9EBCAE #9F9EBC #BC9EAC

square

#BBBC9E #9EBCAE #9F9EBC #BC9EAC

split-complementary

#BBBC9E #9EACBC #AE9EBC

monochromatic

#83845B #A2A37A #BBBC9E #D4D5C2 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9E	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.041 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ba',
    500: '#bbbc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9e;
$custom-light: #cfd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7864,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9E

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#499D4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9E

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

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