#BBBC52#BBBC52

#BBBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.129 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC52
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -14.44, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 54.38, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0432 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.129 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0008, 47.1414, 14.9731)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC52 #5352BC

analogous

#BC8852 #BBBC52 #86BC52

triadic

#BBBC52 #52BBBC #BC52BB

tetradic

#BBBC52 #52BC88 #5352BC #BC5286

square

#BBBC52 #52BC88 #5352BC #BC5286

split-complementary

#BBBC52 #5286BC #8852BC

monochromatic

#6A6A29 #96973A #BBBC52 #CCCD7E #DEDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC52

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC52	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.129 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d086',
    500: '#bbbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc52;
$custom-light: #d2d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.566,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77328,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC52

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC52

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

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