#BBBE89#BBBE89

#BBBE89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.071 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE89
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 137)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -9.63, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 28.19, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.025 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.071 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4223, 49.1984, 30.8708)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE89 #8C89BE

analogous

#BEA789 #BBBE89 #A1BE89

triadic

#BBBE89 #89BBBE #BE89BB

tetradic

#BBBE89 #89BEA7 #8C89BE #BE89A1

square

#BBBE89 #89BEA7 #8C89BE #BE89A1

split-complementary

#BBBE89 #89A1BE #A789BE

monochromatic

#818449 #A4A862 #BBBE89 #D2D4B0 #E8E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE89

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE89	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.071 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ab',
    500: '#bbbe89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe89;
$custom-light: #d0d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE89

secondary

#C9C8DB

accent

#3EA844

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE89

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

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