#BBBE7A#BBBE7A

#BBBE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.089 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE7A
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 122)
HSL	hsl(63, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 35.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -11.54, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 35.93, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0312 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.089 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4202, 48.7975, 25.5928)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE7A #7D7ABE

analogous

#BE9F7A #BBBE7A #99BE7A

triadic

#BBBE7A #7ABBBE #BE7ABB

tetradic

#BBBE7A #7ABE9F #7D7ABE #BE7A99

square

#BBBE7A #7ABE9F #7D7ABE #BE7A99

split-complementary

#BBBE7A #7A99BE #9F7ABE

monochromatic

#7C7F3E #A5A852 #BBBE7A #D0D2A3 #E5E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBBE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE7A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE7A	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.089 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a1',
    500: '#bbbe7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe7a;
$custom-light: #d0d1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78323,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE7A

secondary

#BEBDD7

accent

#38AD3D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE7A

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

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