#BBBE9D#BBBE9D

#BBBE9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.045 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE9D
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(65, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -6.71, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 17.68, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0167 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.045 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9922, 49.8263, 39.1390)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE9D #A09DBE

analogous

#BEB09D #BBBE9D #AABE9D

triadic

#BBBE9D #9DBBBE #BE9DBB

tetradic

#BBBE9D #9DBEB0 #A09DBE #BE9DAA

square

#BBBE9D #9DBEB0 #A09DBE #BE9DAA

split-complementary

#BBBE9D #9DAABE #B09DBE

monochromatic

#83875A #A1A678 #BBBE9D #D5D6C2 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBBE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE9D

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE9D	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.045 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ba',
    500: '#bbbe9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe9d;
$custom-light: #cfd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79038,
    "c": 0.04518,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE9D

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#479F4F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE9D

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

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