#BBBE83#BBBE83

#BBBE83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.079 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE83
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 131)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 31.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.42, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 31.31, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0275 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.079 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0039, 49.0310, 28.6668)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE83 #8683BE

analogous

#BEA383 #BBBE83 #9DBE83

triadic

#BBBE83 #83BBBE #BE83BB

tetradic

#BBBE83 #83BEA3 #8683BE #BE839D

square

#BBBE83 #83BEA3 #8683BE #BE839D

split-complementary

#BBBE83 #839DBE #A383BE

monochromatic

#7F8244 #A5A95B #BBBE83 #D1D3AB #E7E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBE83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE83

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE83	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.079 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a7',
    500: '#bbbe83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe83;
$custom-light: #d0d1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78486,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE83

secondary

#C5C4D9

accent

#3CAA41

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE83

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

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