#BBBE8A#BBBE8A

#BBBE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.070 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE8A
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -9.49, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 27.67, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0246 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.07 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4944, 49.2272, 31.2503)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE8A #8D8ABE

analogous

#BEA78A #BBBE8A #A1BE8A

triadic

#BBBE8A #8ABBBE #BE8ABB

tetradic

#BBBE8A #8ABEA7 #8D8ABE #BE8AA1

square

#BBBE8A #8ABEA7 #8D8ABE #BE8AA1

split-complementary

#BBBE8A #8AA1BE #A78ABE

monochromatic

#818449 #A4A863 #BBBE8A #D2D4B1 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BBBE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE8A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE8A	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.070 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ac',
    500: '#bbbe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe8a;
$custom-light: #d0d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78623,
    "c": 0.06979,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE8A

secondary

#CAC9DB

accent

#3EA744

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE8A

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

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