#BBBD61#BBBD61

#BBBD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD61
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -13.68, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 47.85, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0394 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.116 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8496, 47.8239, 18.3860)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD61 #6361BD

analogous

#BD9161 #BBBD61 #8DBD61

triadic

#BBBD61 #61BBBD #BD61BB

tetradic

#BBBD61 #61BD91 #6361BD #BD618D

square

#BBBD61 #61BD91 #6361BD #BD618D

split-complementary

#BBBD61 #618DBD #9161BD

monochromatic

#727330 #9D9F42 #BBBD61 #CECF8C #E0E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBBD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD61

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD61	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)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d090',
    500: '#bbbd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd61;
$custom-light: #d1d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77726,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD61

secondary

#ABAAD0

accent

#57D15A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD61

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

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