#BBBE66#BBBE66

#BBBE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE66
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -13.71, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 45.91, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.039 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.112 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3060, 48.3518, 19.7247)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE66 #6966BE

analogous

#BE9566 #BBBE66 #8FBE66

triadic

#BBBE66 #66BBBE #BE66BB

tetradic

#BBBE66 #66BE95 #6966BE #BE668F

square

#BBBE66 #66BE95 #6966BE #BE668F

split-complementary

#BBBE66 #668FBE #9566BE

monochromatic

#757733 #9FA245 #BBBE66 #CED091 #E1E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE66

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE66	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)

#CAB75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d193',
    500: '#bbbe66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe66;
$custom-light: #d1d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.045,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE66

secondary

#AFAED2

accent

#58D05C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE66

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

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