#BBBD56#BBBD56

#BBBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.126 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD56
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -14.63, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 53.00, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0433 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.126 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.3718, 47.6328, 15.8697)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD56 #5856BD

analogous

#BD8C56 #BBBD56 #88BD56

triadic

#BBBD56 #56BBBD #BD56BB

tetradic

#BBBD56 #56BD8C #5856BD #BD5688

square

#BBBD56 #56BD8C #5856BD #BD5688

split-complementary

#BBBD56 #5688BD #8C56BD

monochromatic

#6C6E2B #989A3C #BBBD56 #CDCE82 #DEDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD56

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD56	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.126 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d089',
    500: '#bbbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd56;
$custom-light: #d2d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.165,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD56

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#54D457

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD56

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

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