#BBBD52#BBBD52

#BBBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.130 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD52
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -14.95, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 54.81, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0446 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.13 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2152, 47.5702, 15.0445)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD52 #5452BD

analogous

#BD8952 #BBBD52 #86BD52

triadic

#BBBD52 #52BBBD #BD52BB

tetradic

#BBBD52 #52BD89 #5452BD #BD5286

square

#BBBD52 #52BD89 #5452BD #BD5286

split-complementary

#BBBD52 #5286BD #8952BD

monochromatic

#6A6C29 #96983A #BBBD52 #CCCE7E #DEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD52

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD52	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)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.130 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d086',
    500: '#bbbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd52;
$custom-light: #d2d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77546,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD52

secondary

#9F9ECC

accent

#53D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD52

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

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