#BBBE72#BBBE72

#BBBE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.099 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE72
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -12.46, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 39.98, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0344 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.099 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9448, 48.6074, 23.0889)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE72 #7572BE

analogous

#BE9B72 #BBBE72 #95BE72

triadic

#BBBE72 #72BBBE #BE72BB

tetradic

#BBBE72 #72BE9B #7572BE #BE7295

square

#BBBE72 #72BE9B #7572BE #BE7295

split-complementary

#BBBE72 #7295BE #9B72BE

monochromatic

#7A7C39 #A3A64D #BBBE72 #CFD19C #E3E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE72

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE72	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.099 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d19c',
    500: '#bbbe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe72;
$custom-light: #d0d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7819,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE72

secondary

#B8B7D5

accent

#5BCD5F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE72

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

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