#BBBD9D#BBBD9D

#BBBD9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.044 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9D
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -6.19, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 17.14, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0152 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.044 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7764, 49.3947, 39.0670)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9D #9F9DBD

analogous

#BDAF9D #BBBD9D #ABBD9D

triadic

#BBBD9D #9DBBBD #BD9DBB

tetradic

#BBBD9D #9DBDAF #9F9DBD #BD9DAB

square

#BBBD9D #9DBDAF #9F9DBD #BD9DAB

split-complementary

#BBBD9D #9DABBD #AF9DBD

monochromatic

#83865A #A2A478 #BBBD9D #D4D6C2 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBBD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9D

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9D	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.044 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ba',
    500: '#bbbd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9d;
$custom-light: #cfd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78827,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9D

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#489E4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9D

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

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