#BBBD9E#BBBD9E

#BBBD9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.042 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -6.03, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 16.61, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0148 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.042 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8621, 49.4289, 39.5185)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9E #A09EBD

analogous

#BDAF9E #BBBD9E #ABBD9E

triadic

#BBBD9E #9EBBBD #BD9EBB

tetradic

#BBBD9E #9EBDAF #A09EBD #BD9EAB

square

#BBBD9E #9EBDAF #A09EBD #BD9EAB

split-complementary

#BBBD9E #9EABBD #AF9EBD

monochromatic

#83865B #A1A47A #BBBD9E #D5D6C2 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBBD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9E	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.042 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ba',
    500: '#bbbd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9e;
$custom-light: #cfd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.04245,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9E

secondary

#D7D7E0

accent

#489D4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9E

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

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