#BBBD6D#BBBD6D

#BBBD6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.103 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD6D
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -12.49, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 42.00, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0349 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.103 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4521, 48.0649, 21.5589)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD6D #6F6DBD

analogous

#BD976D #BBBD6D #93BD6D

triadic

#BBBD6D #6DBBBD #BD6DBB

tetradic

#BBBD6D #6DBD97 #6F6DBD #BD6D93

square

#BBBD6D #6DBD97 #6F6DBD #BD6D93

split-complementary

#BBBD6D #6D93BD #976DBD

monochromatic

#777937 #A1A34A #BBBD6D #CFD097 #E2E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD6D

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD6D	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.103 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d098',
    500: '#bbbd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd6d;
$custom-light: #d1d098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77896,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD6D

secondary

#B4B3D3

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD6D

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

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