#BBBC5B#BBBC5B

#BBBC5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC5B
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -13.71, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 50.25, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0401 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.12 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3660, 47.2875, 16.8965)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC5B #5C5BBC

analogous

#BC8D5B #BBBC5B #8ABC5B

triadic

#BBBC5B #5BBBBC #BC5BBB

tetradic

#BBBC5B #5BBC8D #5C5BBC #BC5B8A

square

#BBBC5B #5BBC8D #5C5BBC #BC5B8A

split-complementary

#BBBC5B #5B8ABC #8D5BBC

monochromatic

#6F6F2D #9A9B3F #BBBC5B #CDCE86 #DFE0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC5B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC5B	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08c',
    500: '#bbbc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc5b;
$custom-light: #d1d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77432,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC5B

secondary

#A5A5CE

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC5B

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

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