#BBBE9E#BBBE9E

#BBBE9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.044 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE9E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(66, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -6.56, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 17.15, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0162 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.044 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0780, 49.8606, 39.5904)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE9E #A19EBE

analogous

#BEB19E #BBBE9E #ABBE9E

triadic

#BBBE9E #9EBBBE #BE9EBB

tetradic

#BBBE9E #9EBEB1 #A19EBE #BE9EAB

square

#BBBE9E #9EBEB1 #A19EBE #BE9EAB

split-complementary

#BBBE9E #9EABBE #B19EBE

monochromatic

#83875B #A1A579 #BBBE9E #D5D7C3 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBBE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE9E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE9E	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#C3BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.044 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ba',
    500: '#bbbe9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe9e;
$custom-light: #cfd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79061,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE9E

secondary

#D8D7E1

accent

#479E50

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE9E

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

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