#BBBF9F#BBBF9F

#BBBF9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.044 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF9F
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(68, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -6.92, 15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 17.17, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0173 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.044 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3817, 50.3299, 40.1180)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF9F #A39FBF

analogous

#BFB39F #BBBF9F #ABBF9F

triadic

#BBBF9F #9FBBBF #BF9FBB

tetradic

#BBBF9F #9FBFB3 #A39FBF #BF9FAB

square

#BBBF9F #9FBFB3 #A39FBF #BF9FAB

split-complementary

#BBBF9F #9FABBF #B39FBF

monochromatic

#83895B #A1A77A #BBBF9F #D5D7C4 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBBF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF9F

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF9F	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.044 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2bb',
    500: '#bbbf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf9f;
$custom-light: #cfd2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79296,
    "c": 0.04395,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF9F

secondary

#746F93

accent

#479E52

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF9F

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

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