#BBBE88#BBBE88

#BBBE88 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.072 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE88
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 136)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 28.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -9.76, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 28.71, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0255 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.072 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3509, 49.1698, 30.4948)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE88 #8B88BE

analogous

#BEA688 #BBBE88 #A0BE88

triadic

#BBBE88 #88BBBE #BE88BB

tetradic

#BBBE88 #88BEA6 #8B88BE #BE88A0

square

#BBBE88 #88BEA6 #8B88BE #BE88A0

split-complementary

#BBBE88 #88A0BE #A688BE

monochromatic

#808448 #A4A860 #BBBE88 #D2D4B0 #E8E9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE88

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE88	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)

#C6B984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.072 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ab',
    500: '#bbbe88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe88;
$custom-light: #d0d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 29.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE88

secondary

#C8C7DA

accent

#3DA843

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE88

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

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