#BBBB58#BBBB58

#BBBB58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB58
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -13.45, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 51.20, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0397 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.122 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.0263, 46.8110, 16.1576)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB58 #5858BB

analogous

#BB8A58 #BBBB58 #8ABB58

triadic

#BBBB58 #58BBBB #BB58BB

tetradic

#BBBB58 #58BB8A #5858BB #BB588A

square

#BBBB58 #58BB8A #5858BB #BB588A

split-complementary

#BBBB58 #588ABB #8A58BB

monochromatic

#6C6C2C #98983E #BBBB58 #CDCD83 #DEDEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBBB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB58

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB58	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8a',
    500: '#bbbb58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb58;
$custom-light: #d2cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77179,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB58

secondary

#A2A2CD

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB58

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

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