#BBB550#BBB550

#BBB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB550
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -11.01, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 52.35, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0336 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.123 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4666, 44.1929, 14.0917)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB550 #5056BB

analogous

#BB8050 #BBB550 #8BBB50

triadic

#BBB550 #50BBB5 #B550BB

tetradic

#BBB550 #50BB80 #5056BB #BB508B

square

#BBB550 #50BB80 #5056BB #BB508B

split-complementary

#BBB550 #508BBB #8050BB

monochromatic

#686528 #948F3A #BBB550 #CCC87C #DDDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB550

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB550	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb85',
    500: '#bbb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb550;
$custom-light: #d2cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7579,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB550

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB550

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

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