#BBBE61#BBBE61

#BBBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE61
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -14.19, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 48.31, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0409 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.117 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0655, 48.2556, 18.4580)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE61 #6461BE

analogous

#BE9361 #BBBE61 #8DBE61

triadic

#BBBE61 #61BBBE #BE61BB

tetradic

#BBBE61 #61BE93 #6461BE #BE618D

square

#BBBE61 #61BE93 #6461BE #BE618D

split-complementary

#BBBE61 #618DBE #9361BE

monochromatic

#727530 #9DA042 #BBBE61 #CED08C #E0E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BBBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE61

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE61	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d190',
    500: '#bbbe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe61;
$custom-light: #d1d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77943,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE61

secondary

#ABAAD1

accent

#56D25A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE61

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

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