#BBBD9A#BBBD9A

#BBBD9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.048 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9A
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 154)
HSL	hsl(63, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 18.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -6.66, 17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 18.73, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0164 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.048 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5234, 49.2935, 37.7347)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9A #9C9ABD

analogous

#BDAE9A #BBBD9A #AABD9A

triadic

#BBBD9A #9ABBBD #BD9ABB

tetradic

#BBBD9A #9ABDAE #9C9ABD #BD9AAA

square

#BBBD9A #9ABDAE #9C9ABD #BD9AAA

split-complementary

#BBBD9A #9AAABD #AE9ABD

monochromatic

#838557 #A2A575 #BBBD9A #D4D5BF #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BBBD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9A

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9A	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.048 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b7',
    500: '#bbbd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9a;
$custom-light: #cfd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.04776,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9A

secondary

#D5D4DF

accent

#469F4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9A

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

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