#BBBB5A#BBBB5A

#BBBB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB5A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -13.28, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 50.27, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.039 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1103, 46.8446, 16.5999)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB5A #5A5ABB

analogous

#BB8B5A #BBBB5A #8BBB5A

triadic

#BBBB5A #5ABBBB #BB5ABB

tetradic

#BBBB5A #5ABB8B #5A5ABB #BB5A8B

square

#BBBB5A #5ABB8B #5A5ABB #BB5A8B

split-complementary

#BBBB5A #5A8BBB #8B5ABB

monochromatic

#6D6D2D #99993F #BBBB5A #CDCD85 #DFDFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB5A

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB5A	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)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8b',
    500: '#bbbb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb5a;
$custom-light: #d1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB5A

secondary

#A4A4CD

accent

#56D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB5A

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

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