#BBBF97#BBBF97

#BBBF97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.054 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF97
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(66, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -8.15, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 21.39, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0207 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.054 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7099, 50.0611, 36.5796)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF97 #9B97BF

analogous

#BFAF97 #BBBF97 #A7BF97

triadic

#BBBF97 #97BBBF #BF97BB

tetradic

#BBBF97 #97BFAF #9B97BF #BF97A7

square

#BBBF97 #97BFAF #9B97BF #BF97A7

split-complementary

#BBBF97 #97A7BF #AF97BF

monochromatic

#838854 #A2A871 #BBBF97 #D4D6BD #EDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBBF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF97

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF97	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.054 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2b5',
    500: '#bbbf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf97;
$custom-light: #cfd2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79111,
    "c": 0.05447,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF97

secondary

#6C6892

accent

#43A24D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF97

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

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