#BBBE5D#BBBE5D

#BBBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5D
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 51.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -14.55, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 50.21, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0423 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.121 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8836, 48.1829, 17.5004)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5D #605DBE

analogous

#BE915D #BBBE5D #8ABE5D

triadic

#BBBE5D #5DBBBE #BE5DBB

tetradic

#BBBE5D #5DBE91 #605DBE #BE5D8A

square

#BBBE5D #5DBE91 #605DBE #BE5D8A

split-complementary

#BBBE5D #5D8ABE #915DBE

monochromatic

#70732E #9B9E40 #BBBE5D #CDD089 #E0E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5D	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18d',
    500: '#bbbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5d;
$custom-light: #d1d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.856,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77891,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5D

secondary

#A8A7D0

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5D

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

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