#BBC189#BBC189

#BBC189 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.075 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC189
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(66, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -11.18, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 29.76, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0294 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.075 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0788, 50.5113, 31.0896)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC189 #8F89C1

analogous

#C1AB89 #BBC189 #9FC189

triadic

#BBC189 #89BBC1 #C189BB

tetradic

#BBC189 #89C1AB #8F89C1 #C1899F

square

#BBC189 #89C1AB #8F89C1 #C1899F

split-complementary

#BBC189 #899FC1 #AB89C1

monochromatic

#818848 #A4AC61 #BBC189 #D2D6B1 #E9EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBC189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC189

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC189	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.075 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3ac',
    500: '#bbc189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc189;
$custom-light: #d0d3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 31.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.07509,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC189

secondary

#635D91

accent

#3CAA47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC189

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

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