#BBC09D#BBC09D

#BBC09D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.048 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC09D
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 157)
HSL	hsl(69, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -7.76, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 18.77, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0196 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.048 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4284, 50.6987, 39.2844)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC09D #A29DC0

analogous

#C0B39D #BBC09D #A9C09D

triadic

#BBC09D #9DBBC0 #C09DBB

tetradic

#BBC09D #9DC0B3 #A29DC0 #C09DA9

square

#BBC09D #9DC0B3 #A29DC0 #C09DA9

split-complementary

#BBC09D #9DA9C0 #B39DC0

monochromatic

#838A59 #A1A878 #BBC09D #D5D8C2 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC09D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC09D	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.048 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3ba',
    500: '#bbc09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc09d;
$custom-light: #cfd3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7946,
    "c": 0.04803,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC09D

secondary

#736D94

accent

#45A052

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC09D

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

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