#BBC09B#BBC09B

#BBC09B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.051 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC09B
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -8.07, 18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 19.83, 114.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0204 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.051 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2590, 50.6309, 38.3924)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC09B #A09BC0

analogous

#C0B29B #BBC09B #A8C09B

triadic

#BBC09B #9BBBC0 #C09BBB

tetradic

#BBC09B #9BC0B2 #A09BC0 #C09BA8

square

#BBC09B #9BC0B2 #A09BC0 #C09BA8

split-complementary

#BBC09B #9BA8C0 #B29BC0

monochromatic

#838A57 #A1A875 #BBC09B #D5D8C1 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBC09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC09B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC09B	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.051 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b8',
    500: '#bbc09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc09b;
$custom-light: #cfd3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 22.699,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.05065,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC09B

secondary

#716B94

accent

#44A151

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC09B

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

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