#BBBD8E#BBBD8E

#BBBD8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.063 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD8E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 142)
HSL	hsl(63, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -8.42, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 25.06, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0215 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.063 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5735, 48.9135, 32.7317)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD8E #908EBD

analogous

#BDA78E #BBBD8E #A4BD8E

triadic

#BBBD8E #8EBBBD #BD8EBB

tetradic

#BBBD8E #8EBDA7 #908EBD #BD8EA4

square

#BBBD8E #8EBDA7 #908EBD #BD8EA4

split-complementary

#BBBD8E #8EA4BD #A78EBD

monochromatic

#81844D #A4A667 #BBBD8E #D2D4B5 #E9EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBBD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD8E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD8E	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)

#C5B98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.063 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0af',
    500: '#bbbd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd8e;
$custom-light: #d0d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78492,
    "c": 0.06338,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD8E

secondary

#CCCBDB

accent

#41A545

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD8E

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

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