#BBBF8B#BBBF8B

#BBBF8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.070 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF8B
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -9.87, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 27.67, 110.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0257 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.07 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7845, 49.6910, 31.7058)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF8B #8F8BBF

analogous

#BFA98B #BBBF8B #A1BF8B

triadic

#BBBF8B #8BBBBF #BF8BBB

tetradic

#BBBF8B #8BBFA9 #8F8BBF #BF8BA1

square

#BBBF8B #8BBFA9 #8F8BBF #BF8BA1

split-complementary

#BBBF8B #8BA1BF #A98BBF

monochromatic

#81864A #A4A964 #BBBF8B #D2D5B2 #E9EBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBBF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF8B

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF8B	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.070 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ad',
    500: '#bbbf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf8b;
$custom-light: #d0d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78856,
    "c": 0.06987,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF8B

secondary

#CBCADC

accent

#3EA846

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF8B

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

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