#BBBD99#BBBD99

#BBBD99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.049 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD99
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -6.81, 18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 19.26, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0169 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.049 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4405, 49.2603, 37.2979)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD99 #9B99BD

analogous

#BDAD99 #BBBD99 #A9BD99

triadic

#BBBD99 #99BBBD #BD99BB

tetradic

#BBBD99 #99BDAD #9B99BD #BD99A9

square

#BBBD99 #99BDAD #9B99BD #BD99A9

split-complementary

#BBBD99 #99A9BD #AD99BD

monochromatic

#838556 #A2A574 #BBBD99 #D4D5BE #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BBBD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD99

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD99	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.049 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b7',
    500: '#bbbd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd99;
$custom-light: #cfd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78734,
    "c": 0.04909,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD99

secondary

#D4D3DF

accent

#46A04B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD99

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

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