#BBBC57#BBBC57

#BBBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC57
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -14.04, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 52.10, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0415 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1980, 47.2203, 16.0119)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC57 #5857BC

analogous

#BC8B57 #BBBC57 #89BC57

triadic

#BBBC57 #57BBBC #BC57BB

tetradic

#BBBC57 #57BC8B #5857BC #BC5789

square

#BBBC57 #57BC8B #5857BC #BC5789

split-complementary

#BBBC57 #5789BC #8B57BC

monochromatic

#6C6D2C #98993D #BBBC57 #CDCD83 #DEDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC57

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC57	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d089',
    500: '#bbbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc57;
$custom-light: #d2d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77384,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC57

secondary

#A2A2CD

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC57

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

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