#BBBE9C#BBBE9C

#BBBE9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.046 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE9C
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -6.87, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 18.21, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0171 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.047 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9072, 49.7923, 38.6912)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE9C #9F9CBE

analogous

#BEB09C #BBBE9C #AABE9C

triadic

#BBBE9C #9CBBBE #BE9CBB

tetradic

#BBBE9C #9CBEB0 #9F9CBE #BE9CAA

square

#BBBE9C #9CBEB0 #9F9CBE #BE9CAA

split-complementary

#BBBE9C #9CAABE #B09CBE

monochromatic

#838759 #A2A677 #BBBE9C #D4D6C1 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBBE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE9C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE9C	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.046 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b9',
    500: '#bbbe9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe9c;
$custom-light: #cfd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79014,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE9C

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#469F4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE9C

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

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