#BBBF5B#BBBF5B

#BBBF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF5B
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -15.23, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 51.59, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0445 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.124 111)
XYZ	xyz(41.0135, 48.5826, 17.1124)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF5B #5F5BBF

analogous

#BF915B #BBBF5B #89BF5B

triadic

#BBBF5B #5BBBBF #BF5BBB

tetradic

#BBBF5B #5BBF91 #5F5BBF #BF5B89

square

#BBBF5B #5BBF91 #5F5BBF #BF5B89

split-complementary

#BBBF5B #5B89BF #915BBF

monochromatic

#70732D #9B9F3E #BBBF5B #CDD087 #E0E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBBF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF5B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF5B	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d28c',
    500: '#bbbf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf5b;
$custom-light: #d1d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78084,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF5B

secondary

#A8A6D0

accent

#54D459

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF5B

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

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