#BBBE4F#BBBE4F

#BBBE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.134 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE4F
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -15.68, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 56.57, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.047 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.134 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3193, 47.9572, 14.5284)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE4F #524FBE

analogous

#BE8A4F #BBBE4F #83BE4F

triadic

#BBBE4F #4FBBBE #BE4FBB

tetradic

#BBBE4F #4FBE8A #524FBE #BE4F83

square

#BBBE4F #4FBE8A #524FBE #BE4F83

split-complementary

#BBBE4F #4F83BE #8A4FBE

monochromatic

#696B28 #959838 #BBBE4F #CCCF7C #DEDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE4F

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE4F	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)

#CCB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.134 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d185',
    500: '#bbbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe4f;
$custom-light: #d2d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77732,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE4F

secondary

#9E9CCC

accent

#52D656

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE4F

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

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