#BBBE99#BBBE99

#BBBE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.050 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE99
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -7.33, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 19.79, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0183 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.05 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6563, 49.6920, 37.3698)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE99 #9C99BE

analogous

#BEAF99 #BBBE99 #A9BE99

triadic

#BBBE99 #99BBBE #BE99BB

tetradic

#BBBE99 #99BEAF #9C99BE #BE99A9

square

#BBBE99 #99BEAF #9C99BE #BE99A9

split-complementary

#BBBE99 #99A9BE #AF99BE

monochromatic

#838756 #A2A674 #BBBE99 #D4D6BE #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE99

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE99	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.050 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b7',
    500: '#bbbe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe99;
$custom-light: #cfd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.05046,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE99

secondary

#D5D4DF

accent

#45A14C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE99

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

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