#BBBD96#BBBD96

#BBBD96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.053 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD96
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -7.26, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 20.85, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0181 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.053 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.1958, 49.1624, 36.0093)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD96 #9896BD

analogous

#BDAC96 #BBBD96 #A8BD96

triadic

#BBBD96 #96BBBD #BD96BB

tetradic

#BBBD96 #96BDAC #9896BD #BD96A8

square

#BBBD96 #96BDAC #9896BD #BD96A8

split-complementary

#BBBD96 #96A8BD #AC96BD

monochromatic

#828554 #A3A570 #BBBD96 #D3D5BC #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD96

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD96	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.053 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b5',
    500: '#bbbd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd96;
$custom-light: #cfd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78666,
    "c": 0.05302,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD96

secondary

#D2D1DE

accent

#44A149

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD96

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

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