#BBBD71#BBBD71

#BBBD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD71
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 113)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -12.06, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 40.00, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0333 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.098 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6723, 48.1530, 22.7188)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD71 #7371BD

analogous

#BD9971 #BBBD71 #95BD71

triadic

#BBBD71 #71BBBD #BD71BB

tetradic

#BBBD71 #71BD99 #7371BD #BD7195

square

#BBBD71 #71BD99 #7371BD #BD7195

split-complementary

#BBBD71 #7195BD #9971BD

monochromatic

#797B39 #A2A44C #BBBD71 #CFD09B #E3E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD71

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD71	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09b',
    500: '#bbbd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd71;
$custom-light: #d1d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD71

secondary

#B7B6D4

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD71

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

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