#BBBD89#BBBD89

#BBBD89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.070 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD89
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -9.11, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 27.68, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0236 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.07 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2065, 48.7667, 30.7989)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD89 #8B89BD

analogous

#BDA589 #BBBD89 #A1BD89

triadic

#BBBD89 #89BBBD #BD89BB

tetradic

#BBBD89 #89BDA5 #8B89BD #BD89A1

square

#BBBD89 #89BDA5 #8B89BD #BD89A1

split-complementary

#BBBD89 #89A1BD #A589BD

monochromatic

#808349 #A4A762 #BBBD89 #D2D3B0 #E8E9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBBD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD89

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD89	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.070 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ab',
    500: '#bbbd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd89;
$custom-light: #d0d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD89

secondary

#C8C8DA

accent

#3FA743

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD89

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

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