#BBBB61#BBBB61

#BBBB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB61
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -12.66, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 46.95, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0365 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.113 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4224, 46.9695, 18.2436)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB61 #6161BB

analogous

#BB8E61 #BBBB61 #8EBB61

triadic

#BBBB61 #61BBBB #BB61BB

tetradic

#BBBB61 #61BB8E #6161BB #BB618E

square

#BBBB61 #61BB8E #6161BB #BB618E

split-complementary

#BBBB61 #618EBB #8E61BB

monochromatic

#717131 #9C9C43 #BBBB61 #CDCD8C #E0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBBB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB61

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB61	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)

#C7B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf90',
    500: '#bbbb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb61;
$custom-light: #d1cf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77293,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB61

secondary

#A9A9CF

accent

#58D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB61

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

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