#BBBF9C#BBBF9C

#BBBF9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.048 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF9C
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(67, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -7.39, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 18.75, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0186 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.048 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1245, 50.2270, 38.7636)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF9C #A09CBF

analogous

#BFB19C #BBBF9C #A9BF9C

triadic

#BBBF9C #9CBBBF #BF9CBB

tetradic

#BBBF9C #9CBFB1 #A09CBF #BF9CA9

square

#BBBF9C #9CBFB1 #A09CBF #BF9CA9

split-complementary

#BBBF9C #9CA9BF #B19CBF

monochromatic

#838858 #A1A777 #BBBF9C #D5D7C1 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBBF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF9C

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF9C	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.048 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2b9',
    500: '#bbbf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf9c;
$custom-light: #cfd2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.04791,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF9C

secondary

#716C93

accent

#46A050

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF9C

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

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