#BBBC50#BBBC50

#BBBC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC50
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -14.59, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 55.27, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0438 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.131 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9258, 47.1114, 14.5781)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC50 #5150BC

analogous

#BC8750 #BBBC50 #85BC50

triadic

#BBBC50 #50BBBC #BC50BB

tetradic

#BBBC50 #50BC87 #5150BC #BC5085

square

#BBBC50 #50BC87 #5150BC #BC5085

split-complementary

#BBBC50 #5085BC #8750BC

monochromatic

#696928 #959639 #BBBC50 #CCCD7C #DDDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBBC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC50

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC50	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d085',
    500: '#bbbc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc50;
$custom-light: #d2d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77306,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC50

secondary

#9D9CCB

accent

#53D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC50

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

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