#BBBD9C#BBBD9C

#BBBD9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.045 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9C
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -6.35, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 17.67, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0156 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.045 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6914, 49.3606, 38.6192)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9C #9E9CBD

analogous

#BDAE9C #BBBD9C #ABBD9C

triadic

#BBBD9C #9CBBBD #BD9CBB

tetradic

#BBBD9C #9CBDAE #9E9CBD #BD9CAB

square

#BBBD9C #9CBDAE #9E9CBD #BD9CAB

split-complementary

#BBBD9C #9CABBD #AE9CBD

monochromatic

#838659 #A2A577 #BBBD9C #D4D5C1 #EDEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBBD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9C

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9C	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)

#C3BA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.045 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b9',
    500: '#bbbd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9c;
$custom-light: #cfd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78803,
    "c": 0.04512,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9C

secondary

#D6D5E0

accent

#479E4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9C

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

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