#BBBE85#BBBE85

#BBBE85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.076 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE85
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -10.16, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 30.27, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0267 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.076 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1407, 49.0857, 29.3876)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE85 #8885BE

analogous

#BEA485 #BBBE85 #9EBE85

triadic

#BBBE85 #85BBBE #BE85BB

tetradic

#BBBE85 #85BEA4 #8885BE #BE859E

square

#BBBE85 #85BEA4 #8885BE #BE859E

split-complementary

#BBBE85 #859EBE #A485BE

monochromatic

#808346 #A5A95D #BBBE85 #D1D3AD #E8E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBBE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE85

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE85	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.076 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a9',
    500: '#bbbe85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe85;
$custom-light: #d0d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78524,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE85

secondary

#C6C5DA

accent

#3CA942

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE85

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

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