#BBBE4E#BBBE4E

#BBBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE4E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -15.75, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 57.00, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0473 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.135 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2832, 47.9427, 14.3381)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE4E #514EBE

analogous

#BE894E #BBBE4E #83BE4E

triadic

#BBBE4E #4EBBBE #BE4EBB

tetradic

#BBBE4E #4EBE89 #514EBE #BE4E83

square

#BBBE4E #4EBE89 #514EBE #BE4E83

split-complementary

#BBBE4E #4E83BE #894EBE

monochromatic

#696A27 #959738 #BBBE4E #CCCE7B #DDDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE4E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE4E	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d184',
    500: '#bbbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe4e;
$custom-light: #d2d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77722,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE4E

secondary

#9D9CCC

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE4E

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

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