#BBBE5A#BBBE5A

#BBBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.124 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5A
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -14.81, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 51.61, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0433 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.124 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7534, 48.1308, 16.8142)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5A #5D5ABE

analogous

#BE8F5A #BBBE5A #89BE5A

triadic

#BBBE5A #5ABBBE #BE5ABB

tetradic

#BBBE5A #5ABE8F #5D5ABE #BE5A89

square

#BBBE5A #5ABE8F #5D5ABE #BE5A89

split-complementary

#BBBE5A #5A89BE #8F5ABE

monochromatic

#6F712D #9A9D3E #BBBE5A #CDCF86 #DFE1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5A	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)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.124 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18c',
    500: '#bbbe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5a;
$custom-light: #d1d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77855,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5A

secondary

#A6A5CF

accent

#55D358

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5A

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

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