#BBBC9F#BBBC9F

#BBBC9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.040 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC9F
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(62, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -5.35, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 15.54, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0129 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.04 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7342, 49.0348, 39.9022)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC9F #A09FBC

analogous

#BCAE9F #BBBC9F #ACBC9F

triadic

#BBBC9F #9FBBBC #BC9FBB

tetradic

#BBBC9F #9FBCAE #A09FBC #BC9FAC

square

#BBBC9F #9FBCAE #A09FBC #BC9FAC

split-complementary

#BBBC9F #9FACBC #AE9FBC

monochromatic

#83845C #A1A37B #BBBC9F #D5D5C3 #EEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC9F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC9F	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.040 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bb',
    500: '#bbbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc9f;
$custom-light: #cfd0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.03974,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC9F

secondary

#D7D7E0

accent

#499C4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC9F

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

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