#BBC099#BBC099

#BBC099 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.053 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC099
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 20.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -8.37, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 20.88, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0213 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.053 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0925, 50.5643, 37.5152)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC099 #9E99C0

analogous

#C0B199 #BBC099 #A8C099

triadic

#BBC099 #99BBC0 #C099BB

tetradic

#BBC099 #99C0B1 #9E99C0 #C099A8

square

#BBC099 #99C0B1 #9E99C0 #C099A8

split-complementary

#BBC099 #99A8C0 #B199C0

monochromatic

#838A55 #A2A973 #BBC099 #D4D7BF #EDEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBC099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC099

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC099	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.053 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b7',
    500: '#bbc099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc099;
$custom-light: #cfd3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79368,
    "c": 0.05327,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC099

secondary

#6F6A94

accent

#43A250

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC099

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

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