#BBBD81#BBBD81

#BBBD81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.080 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD81
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 129)
HSL	hsl(62, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -10.16, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 31.84, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0269 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.08 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6538, 48.5456, 27.8879)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD81 #8381BD

analogous

#BDA181 #BBBD81 #9DBD81

triadic

#BBBD81 #81BBBD #BD81BB

tetradic

#BBBD81 #81BDA1 #8381BD #BD819D

square

#BBBD81 #81BDA1 #8381BD #BD819D

split-complementary

#BBBD81 #819DBD #A181BD

monochromatic

#7E8043 #A5A859 #BBBD81 #D1D2A9 #E6E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD81

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD81	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.080 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0a6',
    500: '#bbbd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd81;
$custom-light: #d0d0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD81

secondary

#C3C2D8

accent

#3CAA3F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD81

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

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