#BBBE96#BBBE96

#BBBE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.054 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE96
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -7.78, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 21.38, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0196 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.054 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4117, 49.5941, 36.0812)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE96 #9996BE

analogous

#BEAD96 #BBBE96 #A7BE96

triadic

#BBBE96 #96BBBE #BE96BB

tetradic

#BBBE96 #96BEAD #9996BE #BE96A7

square

#BBBE96 #96BEAD #9996BE #BE96A7

split-complementary

#BBBE96 #96A7BE #AD96BE

monochromatic

#838653 #A3A770 #BBBE96 #D3D5BC #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBBE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE96

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE96	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.054 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b5',
    500: '#bbbe96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe96;
$custom-light: #cfd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.05439,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE96

secondary

#D2D1DE

accent

#44A24B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE96

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

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