#BBBB5D#BBBB5D

#BBBB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5D
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -13.02, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 48.86, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0379 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.117 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2406, 46.8967, 17.2860)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5D #5D5DBB

analogous

#BB8C5D #BBBB5D #8CBB5D

triadic

#BBBB5D #5DBBBB #BB5DBB

tetradic

#BBBB5D #5DBB8C #5D5DBB #BB5D8C

square

#BBBB5D #5DBB8C #5D5DBB #BB5D8C

split-complementary

#BBBB5D #5D8CBB #8C5DBB

monochromatic

#6F6F2F #9A9A41 #BBBB5D #CDCD88 #DFDFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5D	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)

#C8B454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8d',
    500: '#bbbb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5d;
$custom-light: #d1cf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5D

secondary

#A6A6CE

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5D

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

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