#BBBD4E#BBBD4E

#BBBD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.133 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD4E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -15.25, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 56.57, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0459 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.133 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0674, 47.5110, 14.2662)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD4E #504EBD

analogous

#BD874E #BBBD4E #84BD4E

triadic

#BBBD4E #4EBBBD #BD4EBB

tetradic

#BBBD4E #4EBD87 #504EBD #BD4E84

square

#BBBD4E #4EBD87 #504EBD #BD4E84

split-complementary

#BBBD4E #4E84BD #874EBD

monochromatic

#686927 #949638 #BBBD4E #CCCE7B #DDDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD4E

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD4E	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.133 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d084',
    500: '#bbbd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd4e;
$custom-light: #d2d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77504,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD4E

secondary

#9C9BCC

accent

#52D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD4E

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

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