#BBBB69#BBBB69

#BBBB69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.105 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB69
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -11.88, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 43.04, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0335 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.105 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8144, 47.1263, 20.3081)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB69 #6969BB

analogous

#BB9269 #BBBB69 #92BB69

triadic

#BBBB69 #69BBBB #BB69BB

tetradic

#BBBB69 #69BB92 #6969BB #BB6992

square

#BBBB69 #69BB92 #6969BB #BB6992

split-complementary

#BBBB69 #6992BB #9269BB

monochromatic

#757535 #9F9F48 #BBBB69 #CECE93 #E1E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBBB69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB69

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB69	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.105 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf95',
    500: '#bbbb69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb69;
$custom-light: #d1cf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77405,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB69

secondary

#AFAFD1

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB69

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

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