#BBBD5E#BBBD5E

#BBBD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD5E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -13.95, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 49.28, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0405 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.119 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.7124, 47.7691, 17.6632)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD5E #605EBD

analogous

#BD8F5E #BBBD5E #8BBD5E

triadic

#BBBD5E #5EBBBD #BD5EBB

tetradic

#BBBD5E #5EBD8F #605EBD #BD5E8B

square

#BBBD5E #5EBD8F #605EBD #BD5E8B

split-complementary

#BBBD5E #5E8BBD #8F5EBD

monochromatic

#70722F #9B9D40 #BBBD5E #CDCF89 #E0E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD5E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD5E	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)

#CAB655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08e',
    500: '#bbbd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd5e;
$custom-light: #d1d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.263,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD5E

secondary

#A8A8CF

accent

#56D259

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD5E

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

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