#BBBA55#BBBA55

#BBBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA55
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -13.19, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 52.15, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0393 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6932, 46.3395, 15.4461)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA55 #5556BB

analogous

#BB8755 #BBBA55 #89BB55

triadic

#BBBA55 #55BBBA #BA55BB

tetradic

#BBBA55 #55BB87 #5556BB #BB5589

square

#BBBA55 #55BB87 #5556BB #BB5589

split-complementary

#BBBA55 #5589BB #8755BB

monochromatic

#6B6A2B #97963C #BBBA55 #CCCC81 #DEDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA55

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA55	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce88',
    500: '#bbba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba55;
$custom-light: #d2ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA55

secondary

#A0A0CC

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA55

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

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