#BBBD5B#BBBD5B

#BBBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.122 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD5B
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -14.22, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 50.69, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0416 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.122 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.5804, 47.7162, 16.9680)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD5B #5D5BBD

analogous

#BD8E5B #BBBD5B #8ABD5B

triadic

#BBBD5B #5BBBBD #BD5BBB

tetradic

#BBBD5B #5BBD8E #5D5BBD #BD5B8A

square

#BBBD5B #5BBD8E #5D5BBD #BD5B8A

split-complementary

#BBBD5B #5B8ABD #8E5BBD

monochromatic

#6F702D #9A9C3F #BBBD5B #CDCF87 #DFE0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD5B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD5B	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)

#CAB652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.122 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08c',
    500: '#bbbd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd5b;
$custom-light: #d1d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77649,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD5B

secondary

#A6A5CF

accent

#55D258

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD5B

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

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