#BBBD5D#BBBD5D

#BBBD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD5D
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -14.04, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 49.75, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0409 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.12 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.6678, 47.7512, 17.4284)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD5D #5F5DBD

analogous

#BD8F5D #BBBD5D #8BBD5D

triadic

#BBBD5D #5DBBBD #BD5DBB

tetradic

#BBBD5D #5DBD8F #5F5DBD #BD5D8B

square

#BBBD5D #5DBD8F #5F5DBD #BD5D8B

split-complementary

#BBBD5D #5D8BBD #8F5DBD

monochromatic

#70712E #9B9D40 #BBBD5D #CDCF88 #E0E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD5D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD5D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08d',
    500: '#bbbd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd5d;
$custom-light: #d1d08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD5D

secondary

#A8A7CF

accent

#56D258

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD5D

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

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