#BBBB55#BBBB55

#BBBB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.125 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB55
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -13.70, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 52.59, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0407 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.125 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.9046, 46.7623, 15.5165)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB55 #5555BB

analogous

#BB8855 #BBBB55 #88BB55

triadic

#BBBB55 #55BBBB #BB55BB

tetradic

#BBBB55 #55BB88 #5555BB #BB5588

square

#BBBB55 #55BB88 #5555BB #BB5588

split-complementary

#BBBB55 #5588BB #8855BB

monochromatic

#6B6B2B #97973C #BBBB55 #CCCC81 #DEDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB55

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB55	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)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.125 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf88',
    500: '#bbbb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb55;
$custom-light: #d2cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB55

secondary

#A0A0CC

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB55

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

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