#BBBD59#BBBD59

#BBBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.124 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD59
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -14.39, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 51.62, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0423 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.124 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.4952, 47.6822, 16.5196)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD59 #5B59BD

analogous

#BD8D59 #BBBD59 #89BD59

triadic

#BBBD59 #59BBBD #BD59BB

tetradic

#BBBD59 #59BD8D #5B59BD #BD5989

square

#BBBD59 #59BD8D #5B59BD #BD5989

split-complementary

#BBBD59 #5989BD #8D59BD

monochromatic

#6E6F2C #999B3E #BBBD59 #CDCE85 #DFE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD59

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD59	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.124 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08b',
    500: '#bbbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd59;
$custom-light: #d1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77625,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD59

secondary

#A5A4CE

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD59

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

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