#BBBE5F#BBBE5F

#BBBE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE5F
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 95)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 50%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -14.37, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 49.26, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0416 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.119 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9734, 48.2188, 17.9730)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE5F #625FBE

analogous

#BE915F #BBBE5F #8BBE5F

triadic

#BBBE5F #5FBBBE #BE5FBB

tetradic

#BBBE5F #5FBE91 #625FBE #BE5F8B

square

#BBBE5F #5FBE91 #625FBE #BE5F8B

split-complementary

#BBBE5F #5F8BBE #915FBE

monochromatic

#71742F #9C9F41 #BBBE5F #CDD08B #E0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE5F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE5F	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)

#CBB756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18f',
    500: '#bbbe5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe5f;
$custom-light: #d1d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.895,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE5F

secondary

#AAA9D0

accent

#56D25A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE5F

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

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