#BBBA56#BBBA56

#BBBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA56
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -13.10, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 51.69, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0389 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7332, 46.3555, 15.6568)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA56 #5657BB

analogous

#BB8756 #BBBA56 #89BB56

triadic

#BBBA56 #56BBBA #BA56BB

tetradic

#BBBA56 #56BB87 #5657BB #BB5689

square

#BBBA56 #56BB87 #5657BB #BB5689

split-complementary

#BBBA56 #5689BB #8756BB

monochromatic

#6B6B2B #97963D #BBBA56 #CDCC82 #DEDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA56

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA56	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce89',
    500: '#bbba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba56;
$custom-light: #d2ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA56

secondary

#A1A1CC

accent

#57D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA56

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

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