#BBBA52#BBBA52

#BBBA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA52
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -13.42, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 53.52, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0403 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5765, 46.2929, 14.8316)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA52 #5253BB

analogous

#BB8652 #BBBA52 #87BB52

triadic

#BBBA52 #52BBBA #BA52BB

tetradic

#BBBA52 #52BB86 #5253BB #BB5287

square

#BBBA52 #52BB86 #5253BB #BB5287

split-complementary

#BBBA52 #5287BB #8652BB

monochromatic

#696929 #95943B #BBBA52 #CCCC7E #DEDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA52

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA52	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce86',
    500: '#bbba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba52;
$custom-light: #d2ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76893,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA52

secondary

#9E9ECB

accent

#56D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA52

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

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