#BBBD55#BBBD55

#BBBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.127 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD55
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -14.71, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 53.46, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0436 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.127 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.3318, 47.6168, 15.6589)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD55 #5755BD

analogous

#BD8B55 #BBBD55 #87BD55

triadic

#BBBD55 #55BBBD #BD55BB

tetradic

#BBBD55 #55BD8B #5755BD #BD5587

square

#BBBD55 #55BD8B #5755BD #BD5587

split-complementary

#BBBD55 #5587BD #8B55BD

monochromatic

#6C6D2A #97993C #BBBD55 #CDCE81 #DEDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD55

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD55	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.127 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d088',
    500: '#bbbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd55;
$custom-light: #d2d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD55

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD55

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

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