#BBBD9B#BBBD9B

#BBBD9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.046 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9B
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 155)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 18%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -6.50, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 18.20, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.016 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.046 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6070, 49.3269, 38.1751)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9B #9D9BBD

analogous

#BDAE9B #BBBD9B #AABD9B

triadic

#BBBD9B #9BBBBD #BD9BBB

tetradic

#BBBD9B #9BBDAE #9D9BBD #BD9BAA

square

#BBBD9B #9BBDAE #9D9BBD #BD9BAA

split-complementary

#BBBD9B #9BAABD #AE9BBD

monochromatic

#838558 #A2A576 #BBBD9B #D4D5C0 #EDEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBBD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9B	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.046 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b8',
    500: '#bbbd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9b;
$custom-light: #cfd0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7878,
    "c": 0.04644,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9B

secondary

#D5D5DF

accent

#479F4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9B

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

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