#BBBA61#BBBA61

#BBBA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA61
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -12.14, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 46.50, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.035 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.112 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2110, 46.5467, 18.1731)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA61 #6162BB

analogous

#BB8D61 #BBBA61 #8FBB61

triadic

#BBBA61 #61BBBA #BA61BB

tetradic

#BBBA61 #61BB8D #6162BB #BB618F

square

#BBBA61 #61BB8D #6162BB #BB618F

split-complementary

#BBBA61 #618FBB #8D61BB

monochromatic

#717031 #9C9B43 #BBBA61 #CDCD8C #E0DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBBA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA61

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA61	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce90',
    500: '#bbba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba61;
$custom-light: #d1ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77077,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA61

secondary

#A9AACF

accent

#59D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA61

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

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