#BBBD8B#BBBD8B

#BBBD8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.067 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD8B
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 139)
HSL	hsl(62, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -8.84, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 26.63, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0227 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.067 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3513, 48.8246, 31.5614)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD8B #8D8BBD

analogous

#BDA68B #BBBD8B #A2BD8B

triadic

#BBBD8B #8BBBBD #BD8BBB

tetradic

#BBBD8B #8BBDA6 #8D8BBD #BD8BA2

square

#BBBD8B #8BBDA6 #8D8BBD #BD8BA2

split-complementary

#BBBD8B #8BA2BD #A68BBD

monochromatic

#81834B #A4A764 #BBBD8B #D2D3B2 #E9E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBBD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD8B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD8B	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)

#C5B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.067 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ad',
    500: '#bbbd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd8b;
$custom-light: #d0d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.0672,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD8B

secondary

#CAC9DB

accent

#3FA644

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD8B

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

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