#BBBA53#BBBA53

#BBBA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA53
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -13.34, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 53.07, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0399 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6148, 46.3082, 15.0335)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA53 #5354BB

analogous

#BB8653 #BBBA53 #88BB53

triadic

#BBBA53 #53BBBA #BA53BB

tetradic

#BBBA53 #53BB86 #5354BB #BB5388

square

#BBBA53 #53BB86 #5354BB #BB5388

split-complementary

#BBBA53 #5388BB #8653BB

monochromatic

#6A692A #96953B #BBBA53 #CCCC7F #DEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA53

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA53	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)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce87',
    500: '#bbba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba53;
$custom-light: #d2ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76904,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA53

secondary

#9E9FCB

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA53

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

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