#BBBD8D#BBBD8D

#BBBD8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.065 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD8D
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(63, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -8.56, 24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 25.59, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0219 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.065 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4988, 48.8836, 32.3381)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD8D #8F8DBD

analogous

#BDA78D #BBBD8D #A3BD8D

triadic

#BBBD8D #8DBBBD #BD8DBB

tetradic

#BBBD8D #8DBDA7 #8F8DBD #BD8DA3

square

#BBBD8D #8DBDA7 #8F8DBD #BD8DA3

split-complementary

#BBBD8D #8DA3BD #A78DBD

monochromatic

#81834C #A4A766 #BBBD8D #D2D3B4 #E9EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBBD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD8D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD8D	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.065 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ae',
    500: '#bbbd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd8d;
$custom-light: #d0d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.06466,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD8D

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#40A544

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD8D

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

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