#BBBB50#BBBB50

#BBBB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB50
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -14.08, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 54.84, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0424 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7129, 46.6857, 14.5071)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB50 #5050BB

analogous

#BB8650 #BBBB50 #86BB50

triadic

#BBBB50 #50BBBB #BB50BB

tetradic

#BBBB50 #50BB86 #5050BB #BB5086

square

#BBBB50 #50BB86 #5050BB #BB5086

split-complementary

#BBBB50 #5086BB #8650BB

monochromatic

#686828 #94943A #BBBB50 #CCCC7C #DDDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBBB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB50

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB50	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf85',
    500: '#bbbb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb50;
$custom-light: #d2cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77089,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB50

secondary

#9C9CCB

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB50

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

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