#BBBA5E#BBBA5E

#BBBA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA5E
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -12.42, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 47.94, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0361 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.115 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0737, 46.4918, 17.4503)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA5E #5E5FBB

analogous

#BB8C5E #BBBA5E #8DBB5E

triadic

#BBBA5E #5EBBBA #BA5EBB

tetradic

#BBBA5E #5EBB8C #5E5FBB #BB5E8D

square

#BBBA5E #5EBB8C #5E5FBB #BB5E8D

split-complementary

#BBBA5E #5E8DBB #8C5EBB

monochromatic

#706F2F #9B9A41 #BBBA5E #CDCC89 #DFDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBBA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA5E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA5E	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce8e',
    500: '#bbba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba5e;
$custom-light: #d1ce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA5E

secondary

#A7A7CE

accent

#59D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA5E

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

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