#BBBE9B#BBBE9B

#BBBE9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.048 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE9B
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 155)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -7.02, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 18.74, 112.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0175 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.048 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8229, 49.7586, 38.2471)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE9B #9E9BBE

analogous

#BEAF9B #BBBE9B #A9BE9B

triadic

#BBBE9B #9BBBBE #BE9BBB

tetradic

#BBBE9B #9BBEAF #9E9BBE #BE9BA9

square

#BBBE9B #9BBEAF #9E9BBE #BE9BA9

split-complementary

#BBBE9B #9BA9BE #AF9BBE

monochromatic

#838758 #A2A676 #BBBE9B #D4D6C0 #EDEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBBE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE9B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE9B	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.048 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b8',
    500: '#bbbe9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe9b;
$custom-light: #cfd1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78991,
    "c": 0.04783,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE9B

secondary

#D6D5E0

accent

#46A04E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE9B

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

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