#BBBD66#BBBD66

#BBBD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD66
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 102)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -13.20, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 45.44, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0376 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.111 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0901, 47.9202, 19.6528)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD66 #6866BD

analogous

#BD9366 #BBBD66 #90BD66

triadic

#BBBD66 #66BBBD #BD66BB

tetradic

#BBBD66 #66BD93 #6866BD #BD6690

square

#BBBD66 #66BD93 #6866BD #BD6690

split-complementary

#BBBD66 #6690BD #9366BD

monochromatic

#747633 #9EA145 #BBBD66 #CECF91 #E1E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD66

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD66	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d093',
    500: '#bbbd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd66;
$custom-light: #d1d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77794,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD66

secondary

#AFAED1

accent

#58D05B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD66

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

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