#BBBF9D#BBBF9D

#BBBF9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.047 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF9D
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(67, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -7.24, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 18.22, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0181 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.047 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2096, 50.2610, 39.2114)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF9D #A19DBF

analogous

#BFB29D #BBBF9D #AABF9D

triadic

#BBBF9D #9DBBBF #BF9DBB

tetradic

#BBBF9D #9DBFB2 #A19DBF #BF9DAA

square

#BBBF9D #9DBFB2 #A19DBF #BF9DAA

split-complementary

#BBBF9D #9DAABF #B29DBF

monochromatic

#838859 #A1A778 #BBBF9D #D5D7C2 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBBF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF9D

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF9D	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)

#C4BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.047 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2ba',
    500: '#bbbf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf9d;
$custom-light: #cfd2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79249,
    "c": 0.0466,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF9D

secondary

#726D93

accent

#469F51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF9D

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

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