#BBBD6B#BBBD6B

#BBBD6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD6B
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 107)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 43.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -12.70, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 42.99, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0357 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.105 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3456, 48.0223, 20.9983)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD6B #6D6BBD

analogous

#BD966B #BBBD6B #92BD6B

triadic

#BBBD6B #6BBBBD #BD6BBB

tetradic

#BBBD6B #6BBD96 #6D6BBD #BD6B92

square

#BBBD6B #6BBD96 #6D6BBD #BD6B92

split-complementary

#BBBD6B #6B92BD #966BBD

monochromatic

#767836 #A0A248 #BBBD6B #CED095 #E2E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBBD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD6B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD6B	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d097',
    500: '#bbbd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd6b;
$custom-light: #d1d097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77866,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD6B

secondary

#B2B2D2

accent

#5ACE5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD6B

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

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