#BBBE8B#BBBE8B

#BBBE8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.069 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE8B
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -9.36, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 27.15, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0242 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.069 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5671, 49.2563, 31.6334)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE8B #8E8BBE

analogous

#BEA88B #BBBE8B #A2BE8B

triadic

#BBBE8B #8BBBBE #BE8BBB

tetradic

#BBBE8B #8BBEA8 #8E8BBE #BE8BA2

square

#BBBE8B #8BBEA8 #8E8BBE #BE8BA2

split-complementary

#BBBE8B #8BA2BE #A88BBE

monochromatic

#81844A #A4A864 #BBBE8B #D2D4B2 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BBBE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE8B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE8B	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)

#C6B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.069 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ad',
    500: '#bbbe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe8b;
$custom-light: #d0d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78643,
    "c": 0.06853,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE8B

secondary

#CBCADB

accent

#3FA745

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE8B

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

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