#BBBD9F#BBBD9F

#BBBD9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.041 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD9F
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -5.88, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 16.07, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0143 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.041 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9485, 49.4635, 39.9737)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD9F #A19FBD

analogous

#BDB09F #BBBD9F #ACBD9F

triadic

#BBBD9F #9FBBBD #BD9FBB

tetradic

#BBBD9F #9FBDB0 #A19FBD #BD9FAC

square

#BBBD9F #9FBDB0 #A19FBD #BD9FAC

split-complementary

#BBBD9F #9FACBD #B09FBD

monochromatic

#83865C #A1A47B #BBBD9F #D5D6C3 #EEEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBBD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD9F

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD9F	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)

#C2BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.041 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bb',
    500: '#bbbd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd9f;
$custom-light: #cfd0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.04112,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD9F

secondary

#D8D7E0

accent

#499D4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD9F

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

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