#BBBB65#BBBB65

#BBBB65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.109 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB65
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -12.28, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 45.01, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.035 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.109 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6136, 47.0460, 19.2507)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB65 #6565BB

analogous

#BB9065 #BBBB65 #90BB65

triadic

#BBBB65 #65BBBB #BB65BB

tetradic

#BBBB65 #65BB90 #6565BB #BB6590

square

#BBBB65 #65BB90 #6565BB #BB6590

split-complementary

#BBBB65 #6590BB #9065BB

monochromatic

#737333 #9D9D45 #BBBB65 #CECE8F #E0E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBBB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB65

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB65	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.109 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf93',
    500: '#bbbb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb65;
$custom-light: #d1cf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77347,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB65

secondary

#ACACD0

accent

#59CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB65

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

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