#BBBE5E#BBBE5E

#BBBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.120 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -14.46, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 49.74, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0419 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.12 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9282, 48.2007, 17.7352)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5E #615EBE

analogous

#BE915E #BBBE5E #8BBE5E

triadic

#BBBE5E #5EBBBE #BE5EBB

tetradic

#BBBE5E #5EBE91 #615EBE #BE5E8B

square

#BBBE5E #5EBE91 #615EBE #BE5E8B

split-complementary

#BBBE5E #5E8BBE #915EBE

monochromatic

#71732E #9C9F40 #BBBE5E #CDD08A #E0E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5E	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)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.120 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18e',
    500: '#bbbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5e;
$custom-light: #d1d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77904,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5E

secondary

#A9A8D0

accent

#56D259

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5E

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

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