#BBBE9F#BBBE9F

#BBBE9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.043 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE9F
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 159)
HSL	hsl(66, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 16.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -6.40, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 16.62, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0158 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.043 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1644, 49.8952, 40.0456)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE9F #A29FBE

analogous

#BEB19F #BBBE9F #ABBE9F

triadic

#BBBE9F #9FBBBE #BE9FBB

tetradic

#BBBE9F #9FBEB1 #A29FBE #BE9FAB

square

#BBBE9F #9FBEB1 #A29FBE #BE9FAB

split-complementary

#BBBE9F #9FABBE #B19FBE

monochromatic

#83875B #A1A57B #BBBE9F #D5D7C3 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBBE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE9F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE9F	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.043 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1bb',
    500: '#bbbe9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe9f;
$custom-light: #cfd1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79085,
    "c": 0.04253,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE9F

secondary

#D9D8E1

accent

#489E50

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE9F

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

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