#BBBD53#BBBD53

#BBBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD53
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -14.87, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 54.36, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0443 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.129 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2535, 47.5855, 15.2464)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD53 #5553BD

analogous

#BD8A53 #BBBD53 #86BD53

triadic

#BBBD53 #53BBBD #BD53BB

tetradic

#BBBD53 #53BD8A #5553BD #BD5386

square

#BBBD53 #53BD8A #5553BD #BD5386

split-complementary

#BBBD53 #5386BD #8A53BD

monochromatic

#6B6C29 #97983A #BBBD53 #CCCE7F #DEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD53

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD53	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d087',
    500: '#bbbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd53;
$custom-light: #d2d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD53

secondary

#A09FCD

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD53

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

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