#BBBE5B#BBBE5B

#BBBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5B
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -14.72, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 51.14, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.043 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.123 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7962, 48.1479, 17.0399)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5B #5E5BBE

analogous

#BE8F5B #BBBE5B #8ABE5B

triadic

#BBBE5B #5BBBBE #BE5BBB

tetradic

#BBBE5B #5BBE8F #5E5BBE #BE5B8A

square

#BBBE5B #5BBE8F #5E5BBE #BE5B8A

split-complementary

#BBBE5B #5B8ABE #8F5BBE

monochromatic

#70722D #9B9D3E #BBBE5B #CDCF87 #DFE1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5B	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)

#CBB752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18c',
    500: '#bbbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5b;
$custom-light: #d1d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5B

secondary

#A7A6CF

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5B

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

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