#BBBD5F#BBBD5F

#BBBD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD5F
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 95)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -13.86, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 48.81, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0401 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.118 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7575, 47.7871, 17.9011)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD5F #615FBD

analogous

#BD905F #BBBD5F #8CBD5F

triadic

#BBBD5F #5FBBBD #BD5FBB

tetradic

#BBBD5F #5FBD90 #615FBD #BD5F8C

square

#BBBD5F #5FBD90 #615FBD #BD5F8C

split-complementary

#BBBD5F #5F8CBD #905FBD

monochromatic

#71722F #9C9E41 #BBBD5F #CDCF8A #E0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBBD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD5F

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD5F	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08f',
    500: '#bbbd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd5f;
$custom-light: #d1d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.777,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD5F

secondary

#A9A8CF

accent

#56D159

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD5F

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

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