#BBBF9B#BBBF9B

#BBBF9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.049 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF9B
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 155)
HSL	hsl(67, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -7.55, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 19.28, 113.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.019 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.049 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0402, 50.1933, 38.3195)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF9B #9F9BBF

analogous

#BFB19B #BBBF9B #A9BF9B

triadic

#BBBF9B #9BBBBF #BF9BBB

tetradic

#BBBF9B #9BBFB1 #9F9BBF #BF9BA9

square

#BBBF9B #9BBFB1 #9F9BBF #BF9BA9

split-complementary

#BBBF9B #9BA9BF #B19BBF

monochromatic

#838857 #A2A776 #BBBF9B #D4D7C0 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBBF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF9B

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF9B	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.049 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2b8',
    500: '#bbbf9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf9b;
$custom-light: #cfd2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79202,
    "c": 0.04924,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF9B

secondary

#706C93

accent

#45A04F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF9B

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

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