#BBBF8A#BBBF8A

#BBBF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.071 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF8A
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -10.01, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 28.19, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0261 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.071 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7117, 49.6619, 31.3228)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF8A #8E8ABF

analogous

#BFA98A #BBBF8A #A1BF8A

triadic

#BBBF8A #8ABBBF #BF8ABB

tetradic

#BBBF8A #8ABFA9 #8E8ABF #BF8AA1

square

#BBBF8A #8ABFA9 #8E8ABF #BF8AA1

split-complementary

#BBBF8A #8AA1BF #A98ABF

monochromatic

#818649 #A4A962 #BBBF8A #D2D5B2 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBBF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF8A

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF8A	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.071 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ac',
    500: '#bbbf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf8a;
$custom-light: #d0d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78836,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF8A

secondary

#CBC9DC

accent

#3EA846

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF8A

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

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