#BBBD6E#BBBD6E

#BBBD6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.102 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD6E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -12.38, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 41.50, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0345 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.102 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5062, 48.0866, 21.8440)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD6E #706EBD

analogous

#BD976E #BBBD6E #93BD6E

triadic

#BBBD6E #6EBBBD #BD6EBB

tetradic

#BBBD6E #6EBD97 #706EBD #BD6E93

square

#BBBD6E #6EBD97 #706EBD #BD6E93

split-complementary

#BBBD6E #6E93BD #976EBD

monochromatic

#787937 #A1A34A #BBBD6E #CFD098 #E2E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD6E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD6E	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.102 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d099',
    500: '#bbbd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd6e;
$custom-light: #d1d099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD6E

secondary

#B5B4D3

accent

#5ACD5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD6E

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

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