#BBC09F#BBC09F

#BBC09F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.045 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC09F
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 159)
HSL	hsl(69, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 17.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -7.45, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 17.72, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0188 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.045 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6005, 50.7675, 40.1910)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC09F #A49FC0

analogous

#C0B59F #BBC09F #ABC09F

triadic

#BBC09F #9FBBC0 #C09FBB

tetradic

#BBC09F #9FC0B5 #A49FC0 #C09FAB

square

#BBC09F #9FC0B5 #A49FC0 #C09FAB

split-complementary

#BBC09F #9FABC0 #B59FC0

monochromatic

#838A5B #A1A87A #BBC09F #D5D8C4 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC09F

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC09F	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.045 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3bb',
    500: '#bbc09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc09f;
$custom-light: #cfd3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79507,
    "c": 0.0454,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC09F

secondary

#756F94

accent

#469F54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC09F

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

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