#BBBB56#BBBB56

#BBBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB56
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -13.62, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 52.13, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0404 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.9446, 46.7783, 15.7272)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB56 #5656BB

analogous

#BB8856 #BBBB56 #88BB56

triadic

#BBBB56 #56BBBB #BB56BB

tetradic

#BBBB56 #56BB88 #5656BB #BB5688

square

#BBBB56 #56BB88 #5656BB #BB5688

split-complementary

#BBBB56 #5688BB #8856BB

monochromatic

#6B6B2B #97973D #BBBB56 #CDCD82 #DEDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB56

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB56	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf89',
    500: '#bbbb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb56;
$custom-light: #d2cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB56

secondary

#A1A1CC

accent

#55D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB56

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

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