#BBBD50#BBBD50

#BBBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD50
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -15.10, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 55.70, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0452 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.132 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1402, 47.5402, 14.6495)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD50 #5250BD

analogous

#BD8850 #BBBD50 #84BD50

triadic

#BBBD50 #50BBBD #BD50BB

tetradic

#BBBD50 #50BD88 #5250BD #BD5084

square

#BBBD50 #50BD88 #5250BD #BD5084

split-complementary

#BBBD50 #5084BD #8850BD

monochromatic

#696A28 #959739 #BBBD50 #CCCE7C #DEDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD50

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD50	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d085',
    500: '#bbbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd50;
$custom-light: #d2d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77524,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD50

secondary

#9E9DCC

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD50

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

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