#BBBB5B#BBBB5B

#BBBB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5B
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -13.20, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 49.80, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0387 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.119 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1531, 46.8618, 16.8256)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5B #5B5BBB

analogous

#BB8B5B #BBBB5B #8BBB5B

triadic

#BBBB5B #5BBBBB #BB5BBB

tetradic

#BBBB5B #5BBB8B #5B5BBB #BB5B8B

square

#BBBB5B #5BBB8B #5B5BBB #BB5B8B

split-complementary

#BBBB5B #5B8BBB #8B5BBB

monochromatic

#6E6E2E #999940 #BBBB5B #CDCD86 #DFDFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5B	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8c',
    500: '#bbbb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5b;
$custom-light: #d1cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77215,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5B

secondary

#A5A5CD

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5B

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

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