#BBBE5C#BBBE5C

#BBBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5C
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -14.64, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 50.68, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0427 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.122 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8396, 48.1653, 17.2686)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5C #5F5CBE

analogous

#BE905C #BBBE5C #8ABE5C

triadic

#BBBE5C #5CBBBE #BE5CBB

tetradic

#BBBE5C #5CBE90 #5F5CBE #BE5C8A

square

#BBBE5C #5CBE90 #5F5CBE #BE5C8A

split-complementary

#BBBE5C #5C8ABE #905CBE

monochromatic

#70722E #9B9E3F #BBBE5C #CDCF88 #E0E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5C	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)

#CBB753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18d',
    500: '#bbbe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5c;
$custom-light: #d1d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.837,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5C

secondary

#A8A6CF

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5C

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

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