#BBBD57#BBBD57

#BBBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.125 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD57
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -14.55, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 52.55, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0429 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.125 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.4124, 47.6491, 16.0833)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD57 #5957BD

analogous

#BD8C57 #BBBD57 #88BD57

triadic

#BBBD57 #57BBBD #BD57BB

tetradic

#BBBD57 #57BD8C #5957BD #BD5788

square

#BBBD57 #57BD8C #5957BD #BD5788

split-complementary

#BBBD57 #5788BD #8C57BD

monochromatic

#6D6E2B #989A3D #BBBD57 #CDCE83 #DFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD57

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD57	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)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.125 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08a',
    500: '#bbbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd57;
$custom-light: #d2d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD57

secondary

#A3A2CE

accent

#54D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD57

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

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