#BBBD97#BBBD97

#BBBD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.052 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD97
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -7.11, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 20.32, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0177 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.052 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.2767, 49.1948, 36.4352)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD97 #9997BD

analogous

#BDAC97 #BBBD97 #A8BD97

triadic

#BBBD97 #97BBBD #BD97BB

tetradic

#BBBD97 #97BDAC #9997BD #BD97A8

square

#BBBD97 #97BDAC #9997BD #BD97A8

split-complementary

#BBBD97 #97A8BD #AC97BD

monochromatic

#838554 #A3A572 #BBBD97 #D3D5BC #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD97

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD97	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.052 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b5',
    500: '#bbbd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd97;
$custom-light: #cfd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.05171,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD97

secondary

#D2D2DE

accent

#45A14A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD97

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

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