#BBBB59#BBBB59

#BBBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB59
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -13.37, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 50.74, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0394 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.121 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0680, 46.8277, 16.3772)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB59 #5959BB

analogous

#BB8A59 #BBBB59 #8ABB59

triadic

#BBBB59 #59BBBB #BB59BB

tetradic

#BBBB59 #59BB8A #5959BB #BB598A

square

#BBBB59 #59BB8A #5959BB #BB598A

split-complementary

#BBBB59 #598ABB #8A59BB

monochromatic

#6D6D2D #98983E #BBBB59 #CDCD84 #DFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB59

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB59	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8b',
    500: '#bbbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb59;
$custom-light: #d1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB59

secondary

#A3A3CD

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB59

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

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