#BBBC53#BBBC53

#BBBC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.128 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC53
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -14.36, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 53.93, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0428 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.128 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0391, 47.1568, 15.1749)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC53 #5453BC

analogous

#BC8853 #BBBC53 #87BC53

triadic

#BBBC53 #53BBBC #BC53BB

tetradic

#BBBC53 #53BC88 #5453BC #BC5387

square

#BBBC53 #53BC88 #5453BC #BC5387

split-complementary

#BBBC53 #5387BC #8853BC

monochromatic

#6A6B2A #96973B #BBBC53 #CCCD7F #DEDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBBC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC53

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC53	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)

#C9B548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.128 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d087',
    500: '#bbbc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc53;
$custom-light: #d2d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77339,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC53

secondary

#9F9FCC

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC53

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

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