#BBBE6E#BBBE6E

#BBBE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.103 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE6E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 42.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -12.89, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 41.98, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.036 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.103 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7220, 48.5183, 21.9159)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE6E #716EBE

analogous

#BE996E #BBBE6E #93BE6E

triadic

#BBBE6E #6EBBBE #BE6EBB

tetradic

#BBBE6E #6EBE99 #716EBE #BE6E93

square

#BBBE6E #6EBE99 #716EBE #BE6E93

split-complementary

#BBBE6E #6E93BE #996EBE

monochromatic

#787B37 #A1A54A #BBBE6E #CFD198 #E3E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE6E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE6E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.103 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d199',
    500: '#bbbe6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe6e;
$custom-light: #d1d199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE6E

secondary

#B5B4D4

accent

#5ACE5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE6E

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

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