#BBBE87#BBBE87

#BBBE87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.074 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE87
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 135)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 28.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -9.90, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 29.23, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0259 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.074 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2802, 49.1415, 30.1222)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE87 #8A87BE

analogous

#BEA587 #BBBE87 #9FBE87

triadic

#BBBE87 #87BBBE #BE87BB

tetradic

#BBBE87 #87BEA5 #8A87BE #BE879F

square

#BBBE87 #87BEA5 #8A87BE #BE879F

split-complementary

#BBBE87 #879FBE #A587BE

monochromatic

#808347 #A5A85F #BBBE87 #D1D4AF #E8E9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE87

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE87	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.074 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1aa',
    500: '#bbbe87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe87;
$custom-light: #d0d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78563,
    "c": 0.07355,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE87

secondary

#C8C7DA

accent

#3DA843

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE87

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

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