#BBBE79#BBBE79

#BBBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.091 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE79
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -11.66, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 36.44, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0316 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.091 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3585, 48.7729, 25.2681)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE79 #7C79BE

analogous

#BE9E79 #BBBE79 #98BE79

triadic

#BBBE79 #79BBBE #BE79BB

tetradic

#BBBE79 #79BE9E #7C79BE #BE7998

square

#BBBE79 #79BE9E #7C79BE #BE7998

split-complementary

#BBBE79 #7998BE #9E79BE

monochromatic

#7C7F3E #A4A852 #BBBE79 #D0D2A2 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE79

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE79	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)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.091 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a0',
    500: '#bbbe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe79;
$custom-light: #d0d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78306,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE79

secondary

#BEBCD6

accent

#38AE3D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE79

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

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