#BBBC56#BBBC56

#BBBC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC56
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -14.13, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 52.56, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0418 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.125 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1575, 47.2041, 15.7982)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC56 #5756BC

analogous

#BC8A56 #BBBC56 #88BC56

triadic

#BBBC56 #56BBBC #BC56BB

tetradic

#BBBC56 #56BC8A #5756BC #BC5688

square

#BBBC56 #56BC8A #5756BC #BC5688

split-complementary

#BBBC56 #5688BC #8A56BC

monochromatic

#6C6D2B #97983C #BBBC56 #CDCD82 #DEDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC56

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC56	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)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d089',
    500: '#bbbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc56;
$custom-light: #d2d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77373,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC56

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC56

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

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