#BBC08B#BBC08B

#BBC08B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.071 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC08B
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 139)
HSL	hsl(66, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 27.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -10.39, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 28.20, 111.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0271 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.071 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0033, 50.1286, 31.7788)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC08B #908BC0

analogous

#C0AA8B #BBC08B #A1C08B

triadic

#BBC08B #8BBBC0 #C08BBB

tetradic

#BBC08B #8BC0AA #908BC0 #C08BA1

square

#BBC08B #8BC0AA #908BC0 #C08BA1

split-complementary

#BBC08B #8BA1C0 #AA8BC0

monochromatic

#818749 #A4AA63 #BBC08B #D2D6B3 #E9EBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBC08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC08B

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC08B	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.071 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3ad',
    500: '#bbc08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc08b;
$custom-light: #d0d3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.07122,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC08B

secondary

#635F90

accent

#3DA847

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC08B

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

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