#BBBC61#BBBC61

#BBBC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC61
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -13.17, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 47.40, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.038 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.115 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6353, 47.3952, 18.3146)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC61 #6261BC

analogous

#BC8F61 #BBBC61 #8DBC61

triadic

#BBBC61 #61BBBC #BC61BB

tetradic

#BBBC61 #61BC8F #6261BC #BC618D

square

#BBBC61 #61BC8F #6261BC #BC618D

split-complementary

#BBBC61 #618DBC #8F61BC

monochromatic

#717230 #9C9D43 #BBBC61 #CDCE8C #E0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBBC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC61

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC61	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d090',
    500: '#bbbc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc61;
$custom-light: #d1d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.659,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77509,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC61

secondary

#AAAACF

accent

#57D059

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC61

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

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