#BBBD67

sRGB: 187 / 189 / 103

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Wandering dreams embrace the coming dawn

#BBBD67 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 189 green and 103 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 61.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 39.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 189, 103
HSL: 61.40°, 39.45%, 57.25%
HSV / HSB: 61.40°, 45.50%, 74.12%
CMYK (approx.): 1.06%, 0.00%, 45.50%, 25.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 41.138, 47.940, 19.919
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.787, -13.106, 43.002
WCAG relative luminance: 0.47939
24-bit decimal: 12303719

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BBBD67 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.98:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#6967BD sits half a turn (180°) from #BBBD67 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BBBD67 #6967BD

Analogous

#BD9467 and #90BD67 sit 30° to either side of #BBBD67. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BD9467 #BBBD67 #90BD67

Triadic

#BBBD67, #67BBBD and #BD67BB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBBD67 #67BBBD #BD67BB

Split complementary

Start at #BBBD67 and look across the wheel. #6790BD and #9467BD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBBD67 #6790BD #9467BD

Square

Starting with #BBBD67, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #67BD94, #6967BD, then #BD6790. Across the square, #BBBD67 pairs with #6967BD, and #67BD94 with #BD6790.

#BBBD67 #67BD94 #6967BD #BD6790

Tetradic

#BBBD67 and #6967BD are opposites, as are #67BD69 and #BD67BB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBBD67 #67BD69 #6967BD #BD67BB

Tints

Mixing #BBBD67 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9CA85, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F2E1, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBBD67 #C9CA85 #D6D7A4 #E4E5C2 #F1F2E1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBBD67 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #969752, keeps 80% of the original. By #252615, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBBD67 #969752 #70713E #4B4C29 #252615 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBBD67 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFB16C, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8C7B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBBD67 #AFB16C #A3A571 #989876 #8C8C7B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BBBD67

RGB

rgb(187 189 103)

HSL

hsl(61.395 39.450% 57.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BBBD67;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBBD67 uses 187 red, 189 green and 103 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 74.1%

Blue 40.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBBD67 is 1.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 45.5% yellow and 25.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 45.5%

Black 25.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBB66. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BB6 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BBBD67 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBB66 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC66

Gradient to complement

#BBBD67 #ADAF75 #A0A084 #929292 #8484A0 #7775AF #6967BD

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBBD67 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C9B660

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CAB96B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C5B4A9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C4B964

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C5BA69

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEBA84

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B8B8B8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BABB97

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49693 G 0.50888 B 0.13563

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73473 G 0.74092 B 0.44775

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.49905 G 0.50848 B 0.16883

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.377 y 0.440 Y 47.940

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.667 M % 25.882 Y % 59.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111011 10111101 01100111