#BBBB5F#BBBB5F

#BBBB5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5F
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -12.84, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 47.91, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0372 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.115 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3303, 46.9326, 17.7586)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5F #5F5FBB

analogous

#BB8D5F #BBBB5F #8DBB5F

triadic

#BBBB5F #5FBBBB #BB5FBB

tetradic

#BBBB5F #5FBB8D #5F5FBB #BB5F8D

square

#BBBB5F #5FBB8D #5F5FBB #BB5F8D

split-complementary

#BBBB5F #5F8DBB #8D5FBB

monochromatic

#707030 #9B9B42 #BBBB5F #CDCD8A #E0E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBBB5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5F

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5F	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8f',
    500: '#bbbb5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5f;
$custom-light: #d1cf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5F

secondary

#A8A8CE

accent

#58D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5F

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

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