#BBBD8A#BBBD8A

#BBBD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.068 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD8A
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -8.97, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 27.16, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0231 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.068 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2786, 48.7955, 31.1784)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD8A #8C8ABD

analogous

#BDA68A #BBBD8A #A2BD8A

triadic

#BBBD8A #8ABBBD #BD8ABB

tetradic

#BBBD8A #8ABDA6 #8C8ABD #BD8AA2

square

#BBBD8A #8ABDA6 #8C8ABD #BD8AA2

split-complementary

#BBBD8A #8AA2BD #A68ABD

monochromatic

#81834A #A4A763 #BBBD8A #D2D3B1 #E8E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBBD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD8A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD8A	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.068 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ac',
    500: '#bbbd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd8a;
$custom-light: #d0d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7841,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD8A

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#3FA643

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD8A

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

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