#BBBC5A#BBBC5A

#BBBC5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC5A
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -13.79, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 50.71, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0405 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.121 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3232, 47.2704, 16.6708)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC5A #5B5ABC

analogous

#BC8C5A #BBBC5A #8ABC5A

triadic

#BBBC5A #5ABBBC #BC5ABB

tetradic

#BBBC5A #5ABC8C #5B5ABC #BC5A8A

square

#BBBC5A #5ABC8C #5B5ABC #BC5A8A

split-complementary

#BBBC5A #5A8ABC #8C5ABC

monochromatic

#6E6F2D #999A3F #BBBC5A #CDCE86 #DFDFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBBC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC5A

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC5A	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)

#C9B551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08b',
    500: '#bbbc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc5a;
$custom-light: #d1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.612,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC5A

secondary

#A5A4CE

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC5A

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

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