#BBBE8D#BBBE8D

#BBBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.066 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE8D
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(64, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -9.08, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 26.10, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0234 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.066 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7146, 49.3153, 32.4101)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE8D #908DBE

analogous

#BEA88D #BBBE8D #A3BE8D

triadic

#BBBE8D #8DBBBE #BE8DBB

tetradic

#BBBE8D #8DBEA8 #908DBE #BE8DA3

square

#BBBE8D #8DBEA8 #908DBE #BE8DA3

split-complementary

#BBBE8D #8DA3BE #A88DBE

monochromatic

#81854C #A4A866 #BBBE8D #D2D4B4 #E9EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BBBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE8D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE8D	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.066 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ae',
    500: '#bbbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe8d;
$custom-light: #d0d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78684,
    "c": 0.066,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE8D

secondary

#CCCBDC

accent

#40A646

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE8D

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

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