#BBBE65#BBBE65

#BBBE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE65
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -13.81, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 46.39, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0394 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.113 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2567, 48.3321, 19.4651)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE65 #6865BE

analogous

#BE9465 #BBBE65 #8FBE65

triadic

#BBBE65 #65BBBE #BE65BB

tetradic

#BBBE65 #65BE94 #6865BE #BE658F

square

#BBBE65 #65BE94 #6865BE #BE658F

split-complementary

#BBBE65 #658FBE #9465BE

monochromatic

#747732 #9EA244 #BBBE65 #CED090 #E1E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE65

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE65	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d193',
    500: '#bbbe65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe65;
$custom-light: #d1d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.022,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77996,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE65

secondary

#AFADD1

accent

#57D05B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE65

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

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