#BBBE7E#BBBE7E

#BBBE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.085 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE7E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 33.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -11.05, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 33.89, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0296 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.085 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6731, 48.8987, 26.9250)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE7E #817EBE

analogous

#BEA17E #BBBE7E #9BBE7E

triadic

#BBBE7E #7EBBBE #BE7EBB

tetradic

#BBBE7E #7EBEA1 #817EBE #BE7E9B

square

#BBBE7E #7EBEA1 #817EBE #BE7E9B

split-complementary

#BBBE7E #7E9BBE #A17EBE

monochromatic

#7E8141 #A5A955 #BBBE7E #D0D3A7 #E6E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBBE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE7E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE7E	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.085 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a4',
    500: '#bbbe7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe7e;
$custom-light: #d0d1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.813,
    "s": 32.99,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE7E

secondary

#C1C0D8

accent

#3AAC3F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE7E

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

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