#BBBD74#BBBD74

#BBBD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.095 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD74
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -11.72, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 38.49, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0321 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.095 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8440, 48.2217, 23.6230)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD74 #7674BD

analogous

#BD9B74 #BBBD74 #96BD74

triadic

#BBBD74 #74BBBD #BD74BB

tetradic

#BBBD74 #74BD9B #7674BD #BD7496

square

#BBBD74 #74BD9B #7674BD #BD7496

split-complementary

#BBBD74 #7496BD #9B74BD

monochromatic

#7A7C3B #A3A54E #BBBD74 #CFD19D #E4E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD74

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD74	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.095 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d09d',
    500: '#bbbd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd74;
$custom-light: #d0d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78007,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD74

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5CCC5F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD74

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

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