#BBBE74#BBBE74

#BBBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.096 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE74
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -12.24, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 38.97, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0336 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.096 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0598, 48.6534, 23.6950)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE74 #7774BE

analogous

#BE9C74 #BBBE74 #96BE74

triadic

#BBBE74 #74BBBE #BE74BB

tetradic

#BBBE74 #74BE9C #7774BE #BE7496

square

#BBBE74 #74BE9C #7774BE #BE7496

split-complementary

#BBBE74 #7496BE #9C74BE

monochromatic

#7A7D3A #A3A74E #BBBE74 #CFD29E #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BBBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE74

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE74	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)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.096 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d19d',
    500: '#bbbe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe74;
$custom-light: #d0d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78222,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE74

secondary

#BAB9D5

accent

#5CCC60

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE74

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

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