#BBBA50#BBBA50

#BBBA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA50
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -13.57, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 54.42, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0409 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.128 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5015, 46.2629, 14.4367)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA50 #5051BB

analogous

#BB8450 #BBBA50 #87BB50

triadic

#BBBA50 #50BBBA #BA50BB

tetradic

#BBBA50 #50BB84 #5051BB #BB5087

square

#BBBA50 #50BB84 #5051BB #BB5087

split-complementary

#BBBA50 #5087BB #8450BB

monochromatic

#686828 #94933A #BBBA50 #CCCB7C #DDDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBBA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA50

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA50	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce85',
    500: '#bbba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba50;
$custom-light: #d2ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA50

secondary

#9C9DCB

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA50

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

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