#BBBA57#BBBA57

#BBBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA57
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -13.02, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 51.23, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0386 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7738, 46.3718, 15.8704)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA57 #5758BB

analogous

#BB8857 #BBBA57 #8ABB57

triadic

#BBBA57 #57BBBA #BA57BB

tetradic

#BBBA57 #57BB88 #5758BB #BB578A

square

#BBBA57 #57BB88 #5758BB #BB578A

split-complementary

#BBBA57 #578ABB #8857BB

monochromatic

#6C6B2C #97973D #BBBA57 #CDCC83 #DEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA57

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA57	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce89',
    500: '#bbba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba57;
$custom-light: #d2ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7695,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA57

secondary

#A2A2CC

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA57

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

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