#BBBE97#BBBE97

#BBBE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.053 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE97
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(65, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -7.63, 19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 20.85, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0192 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.053 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4925, 49.6265, 36.5071)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE97 #9A97BE

analogous

#BEAE97 #BBBE97 #A8BE97

triadic

#BBBE97 #97BBBE #BE97BB

tetradic

#BBBE97 #97BEAE #9A97BE #BE97A8

square

#BBBE97 #97BEAE #9A97BE #BE97A8

split-complementary

#BBBE97 #97A8BE #AE97BE

monochromatic

#838754 #A2A671 #BBBE97 #D4D6BD #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBBE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE97

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE97	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.053 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b5',
    500: '#bbbe97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe97;
$custom-light: #cfd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.789,
    "c": 0.05309,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE97

secondary

#D3D2DF

accent

#44A24B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE97

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

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