#BBBB5C#BBBB5C

#BBBB5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5C
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -13.11, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 49.33, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0383 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.118 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1966, 46.8791, 17.0543)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5C #5C5CBB

analogous

#BB8C5C #BBBB5C #8CBB5C

triadic

#BBBB5C #5CBBBB #BB5CBB

tetradic

#BBBB5C #5CBB8C #5C5CBB #BB5C8C

square

#BBBB5C #5CBB8C #5C5CBB #BB5C8C

split-complementary

#BBBB5C #5C8CBB #8C5CBB

monochromatic

#6F6F2E #9A9A40 #BBBB5C #CDCD87 #DFDFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5C	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8d',
    500: '#bbbb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5c;
$custom-light: #d1cf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5C

secondary

#A5A5CD

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5C

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

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