#BBBE69#BBBE69

#BBBE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE69
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -13.41, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 44.44, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0379 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.109 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4575, 48.4124, 20.5225)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE69 #6C69BE

analogous

#BE9769 #BBBE69 #90BE69

triadic

#BBBE69 #69BBBE #BE69BB

tetradic

#BBBE69 #69BE97 #6C69BE #BE6990

square

#BBBE69 #69BE97 #6C69BE #BE6990

split-complementary

#BBBE69 #6990BE #9769BE

monochromatic

#767834 #A0A347 #BBBE69 #CED194 #E2E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE69

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE69	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d195',
    500: '#bbbe69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe69;
$custom-light: #d1d195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.118,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78053,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE69

secondary

#B2B0D2

accent

#58CF5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE69

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

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