#BBBB52#BBBB52

#BBBB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.128 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB52
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -13.93, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 53.95, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0417 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.128 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7879, 46.7157, 14.9021)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB52 #5252BB

analogous

#BB8652 #BBBB52 #86BB52

triadic

#BBBB52 #52BBBB #BB52BB

tetradic

#BBBB52 #52BB86 #5252BB #BB5286

square

#BBBB52 #52BB86 #5252BB #BB5286

split-complementary

#BBBB52 #5286BB #8652BB

monochromatic

#696929 #95953B #BBBB52 #CCCC7E #DEDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBBB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB52

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB52	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)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.128 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf86',
    500: '#bbbb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb52;
$custom-light: #d2cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7711,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB52

secondary

#9E9ECB

accent

#54D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB52

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

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