#BBBE78#BBBE78

#BBBE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.092 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE78
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -11.78, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 36.95, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.032 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.092 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2975, 48.7485, 24.9469)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE78 #7B78BE

analogous

#BE9E78 #BBBE78 #98BE78

triadic

#BBBE78 #78BBBE #BE78BB

tetradic

#BBBE78 #78BE9E #7B78BE #BE7898

square

#BBBE78 #78BE9E #7B78BE #BE7898

split-complementary

#BBBE78 #7898BE #9E78BE

monochromatic

#7C7F3D #A4A851 #BBBE78 #D0D2A1 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBBE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE78

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE78	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.092 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a0',
    500: '#bbbe78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe78;
$custom-light: #d0d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE78

secondary

#BDBCD6

accent

#38AE3D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE78

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

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