#BBBC55#BBBC55

#BBBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC55
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -14.21, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 53.02, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0422 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.126 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1175, 47.1881, 15.5875)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC55 #5655BC

analogous

#BC8955 #BBBC55 #87BC55

triadic

#BBBC55 #55BBBC #BC55BB

tetradic

#BBBC55 #55BC89 #5655BC #BC5587

square

#BBBC55 #55BC89 #5655BC #BC5587

split-complementary

#BBBC55 #5587BC #8955BC

monochromatic

#6B6C2B #97983C #BBBC55 #CDCD81 #DEDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC55

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC55	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d088',
    500: '#bbbc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc55;
$custom-light: #d2d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.583,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC55

secondary

#A1A0CC

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC55

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

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