#BBBF8E#BBBF8E

#BBBF8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.066 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF8E
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 142)
HSL	hsl(65, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 25.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -9.46, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 26.11, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0244 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.066 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0067, 49.7798, 32.8761)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF8E #928EBF

analogous

#BFAA8E #BBBF8E #A2BF8E

triadic

#BBBF8E #8EBBBF #BF8EBB

tetradic

#BBBF8E #8EBFAA #928EBF #BF8EA2

square

#BBBF8E #8EBFAA #928EBF #BF8EA2

split-complementary

#BBBF8E #8EA2BF #AA8EBF

monochromatic

#82864C #A3A967 #BBBF8E #D3D5B5 #EAEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBBF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF8E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF8E	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.066 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2af',
    500: '#bbbf8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf8e;
$custom-light: #d0d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.06607,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF8E

secondary

#CDCCDD

accent

#3FA648

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF8E

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

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