#BBBA5B#BBBA5B

#BBBA5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA5B
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -12.68, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 49.36, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0372 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9417, 46.4390, 16.7551)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA5B #5B5CBB

analogous

#BB8A5B #BBBA5B #8CBB5B

triadic

#BBBA5B #5BBBBA #BA5BBB

tetradic

#BBBA5B #5BBB8A #5B5CBB #BB5B8C

square

#BBBA5B #5BBB8A #5B5CBB #BB5B8C

split-complementary

#BBBA5B #5B8CBB #8A5BBB

monochromatic

#6E6D2E #999840 #BBBA5B #CDCC86 #DFDEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBBA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA5B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA5B	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce8c',
    500: '#bbba5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba5b;
$custom-light: #d1ce8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA5B

secondary

#A5A5CD

accent

#58D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA5B

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

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