#BBBE62#BBBE62

#BBBE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE62
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 48.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -14.10, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 47.84, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0405 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.116 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1124, 48.2744, 18.7051)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE62 #6562BE

analogous

#BE9362 #BBBE62 #8DBE62

triadic

#BBBE62 #62BBBE #BE62BB

tetradic

#BBBE62 #62BE93 #6562BE #BE628D

square

#BBBE62 #62BE93 #6562BE #BE628D

split-complementary

#BBBE62 #628DBE #9362BE

monochromatic

#737530 #9DA042 #BBBE62 #CED08D #E0E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BBBE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE62

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE62	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)

#CAB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d191',
    500: '#bbbe62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe62;
$custom-light: #d1d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.957,
    "s": 41.441,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77956,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE62

secondary

#ACABD1

accent

#57D15B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE62

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

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