#BBBB53#BBBB53

#BBBB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB53
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -13.86, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 53.50, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0414 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.8262, 46.7310, 15.1040)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB53 #5353BB

analogous

#BB8753 #BBBB53 #87BB53

triadic

#BBBB53 #53BBBB #BB53BB

tetradic

#BBBB53 #53BB87 #5353BB #BB5387

square

#BBBB53 #53BB87 #5353BB #BB5387

split-complementary

#BBBB53 #5387BB #8753BB

monochromatic

#6A6A2A #96963B #BBBB53 #CCCC7F #DEDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBBB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB53

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB53	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf87',
    500: '#bbbb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb53;
$custom-light: #d2cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB53

secondary

#9E9ECB

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB53

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

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