#BBBD5A#BBBD5A

#BBBD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD5A
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -14.30, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 51.16, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0419 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.123 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.5375, 47.6991, 16.7423)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD5A #5C5ABD

analogous

#BD8E5A #BBBD5A #8ABD5A

triadic

#BBBD5A #5ABBBD #BD5ABB

tetradic

#BBBD5A #5ABD8E #5C5ABD #BD5A8A

square

#BBBD5A #5ABD8E #5C5ABD #BD5A8A

split-complementary

#BBBD5A #5A8ABD #8E5ABD

monochromatic

#6F702D #9A9C3E #BBBD5A #CDCE86 #DFE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD5A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD5A	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08b',
    500: '#bbbd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd5a;
$custom-light: #d1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.212,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77637,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD5A

secondary

#A5A5CE

accent

#55D358

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD5A

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

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