#BBBE73#BBBE73

#BBBE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.097 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE73
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -12.35, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 39.48, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.034 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.097 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0020, 48.6302, 23.3903)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE73 #7673BE

analogous

#BE9C73 #BBBE73 #96BE73

triadic

#BBBE73 #73BBBE #BE73BB

tetradic

#BBBE73 #73BE9C #7673BE #BE7396

square

#BBBE73 #73BE9C #7673BE #BE7396

split-complementary

#BBBE73 #7396BE #9C73BE

monochromatic

#7A7D3A #A3A64D #BBBE73 #CFD19D #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BBBE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE73

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE73	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.097 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d19c',
    500: '#bbbe73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe73;
$custom-light: #d0d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78206,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE73

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5BCD60

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE73

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

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