#BBBF9E#BBBF9E

#BBBF9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.045 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF9E
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(67, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -7.08, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 17.69, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0177 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.045 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2953, 50.2953, 39.6629)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF9E #A29EBF

analogous

#BFB29E #BBBF9E #AABF9E

triadic

#BBBF9E #9EBBBF #BF9EBB

tetradic

#BBBF9E #9EBFB2 #A29EBF #BF9EAA

square

#BBBF9E #9EBFB2 #A29EBF #BF9EAA

split-complementary

#BBBF9E #9EAABF #B29EBF

monochromatic

#83895A #A1A779 #BBBF9E #D5D7C3 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF9E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF9E	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.045 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2ba',
    500: '#bbbf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf9e;
$custom-light: #cfd2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.04528,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF9E

secondary

#736E93

accent

#479F51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF9E

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

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