#BBBC59#BBBC59

#BBBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC59
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -13.88, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 51.18, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0408 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2809, 47.2535, 16.4482)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC59 #5A59BC

analogous

#BC8C59 #BBBC59 #8ABC59

triadic

#BBBC59 #59BBBC #BC59BB

tetradic

#BBBC59 #59BC8C #5A59BC #BC598A

square

#BBBC59 #59BC8C #5A59BC #BC598A

split-complementary

#BBBC59 #598ABC #8C59BC

monochromatic

#6D6E2C #999A3E #BBBC59 #CDCE85 #DFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC59

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC59	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08b',
    500: '#bbbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc59;
$custom-light: #d1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77408,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC59

secondary

#A4A3CD

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC59

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

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