#BBBF99#BBBF99

#BBBF99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.052 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF99
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -7.85, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 20.33, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0198 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.052 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8737, 50.1266, 37.4422)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF99 #9D99BF

analogous

#BFB099 #BBBF99 #A8BF99

triadic

#BBBF99 #99BBBF #BF99BB

tetradic

#BBBF99 #99BFB0 #9D99BF #BF99A8

square

#BBBF99 #99BFB0 #9D99BF #BF99A8

split-complementary

#BBBF99 #99A8BF #B099BF

monochromatic

#838855 #A2A773 #BBBF99 #D4D7BF #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBBF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF99

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF99	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.052 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2b7',
    500: '#bbbf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf99;
$custom-light: #cfd2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79156,
    "c": 0.05186,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF99

secondary

#6E6A92

accent

#44A14E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF99

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

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