#BBBE70#BBBE70

#BBBE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.101 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE70
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 112)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 41.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -12.68, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 40.98, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0352 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.101 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8322, 48.5623, 22.4959)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE70 #7370BE

analogous

#BE9A70 #BBBE70 #94BE70

triadic

#BBBE70 #70BBBE #BE70BB

tetradic

#BBBE70 #70BE9A #7370BE #BE7094

square

#BBBE70 #70BE9A #7370BE #BE7094

split-complementary

#BBBE70 #7094BE #9A70BE

monochromatic

#797B38 #A2A64B #BBBE70 #CFD19A #E3E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE70

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE70	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.101 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19a',
    500: '#bbbe70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe70;
$custom-light: #d1d19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78158,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE70

secondary

#B7B6D4

accent

#5ACD5F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE70

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

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