#BBBD62#BBBD62

#BBBD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD62
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -13.59, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 47.38, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.039 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.115 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8965, 47.8427, 18.6331)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD62 #6462BD

analogous

#BD9262 #BBBD62 #8EBD62

triadic

#BBBD62 #62BBBD #BD62BB

tetradic

#BBBD62 #62BD92 #6462BD #BD628E

square

#BBBD62 #62BD92 #6462BD #BD628E

split-complementary

#BBBD62 #628EBD #9262BD

monochromatic

#727431 #9D9F43 #BBBD62 #CECF8D #E0E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BBBD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD62

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD62	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d091',
    500: '#bbbd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd62;
$custom-light: #d1d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.319,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77739,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD62

secondary

#ABABD0

accent

#57D15A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD62

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

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