#BBBB66#BBBB66

#BBBB66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB66
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -12.18, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 44.52, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0346 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.108 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6629, 47.0657, 19.5103)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB66 #6666BB

analogous

#BB9166 #BBBB66 #91BB66

triadic

#BBBB66 #66BBBB #BB66BB

tetradic

#BBBB66 #66BB91 #6666BB #BB6691

square

#BBBB66 #66BB91 #6666BB #BB6691

split-complementary

#BBBB66 #6691BB #9166BB

monochromatic

#737333 #9E9E46 #BBBB66 #CECE90 #E1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBBB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB66

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB66	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)

#C7B55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf93',
    500: '#bbbb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb66;
$custom-light: #d1cf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77362,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB66

secondary

#ADADD0

accent

#59CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB66

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

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