#BBC09C#BBC09C

#BBC09C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.049 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC09C
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(68, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 18.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -7.91, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 19.30, 114.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.02 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.049 114)
XYZ	xyz(45.3434, 50.6646, 38.8366)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC09C #A19CC0

analogous

#C0B39C #BBC09C #A9C09C

triadic

#BBC09C #9CBBC0 #C09CBB

tetradic

#BBC09C #9CC0B3 #A19CC0 #C09CA9

square

#BBC09C #9CC0B3 #A19CC0 #C09CA9

split-complementary

#BBC09C #9CA9C0 #B39CC0

monochromatic

#838A58 #A1A877 #BBC09C #D5D8C1 #EEF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBC09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC09C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC09C	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)

#C6BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.049 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b9',
    500: '#bbc09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc09c;
$custom-light: #cfd3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.04934,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC09C

secondary

#726C94

accent

#45A152

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC09C

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

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