#BBBF61#BBBF61

#BBBF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF61
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -14.70, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 48.78, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0423 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.118 111)
XYZ	xyz(41.2828, 48.6903, 18.5304)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF61 #6561BF

analogous

#BF9461 #BBBF61 #8CBF61

triadic

#BBBF61 #61BBBF #BF61BB

tetradic

#BBBF61 #61BF94 #6561BF #BF618C

square

#BBBF61 #61BF94 #6561BF #BF618C

split-complementary

#BBBF61 #618CBF #9461BF

monochromatic

#737630 #9DA141 #BBBF61 #CED18D #E0E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BBBF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF61

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF61	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d290',
    500: '#bbbf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf61;
$custom-light: #d1d290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF61

secondary

#ACABD1

accent

#56D25B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF61

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

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