#BBBB5E#BBBB5E

#BBBB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5E
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -12.93, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 48.38, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0376 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2851, 46.9146, 17.5208)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5E #5E5EBB

analogous

#BB8C5E #BBBB5E #8CBB5E

triadic

#BBBB5E #5EBBBB #BB5EBB

tetradic

#BBBB5E #5EBB8C #5E5EBB #BB5E8C

square

#BBBB5E #5EBB8C #5E5EBB #BB5E8C

split-complementary

#BBBB5E #5E8CBB #8C5EBB

monochromatic

#70702F #9B9B41 #BBBB5E #CDCD89 #DFDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5E	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)

#C8B455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8e',
    500: '#bbbb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5e;
$custom-light: #d1cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77253,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5E

secondary

#A7A7CE

accent

#57D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5E

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

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