#BBBE50#BBBE50

#BBBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.133 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE50
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -15.61, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 56.13, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0467 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.133 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3560, 47.9719, 14.7215)
Luminance	0.4797 (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

#BBBE50 #5350BE

analogous

#BE8A50 #BBBE50 #84BE50

triadic

#BBBE50 #50BBBE #BE50BB

tetradic

#BBBE50 #50BE8A #5350BE #BE5084

square

#BBBE50 #50BE8A #5350BE #BE5084

split-complementary

#BBBE50 #5084BE #8A50BE

monochromatic

#6A6C28 #969839 #BBBE50 #CCCF7D #DEDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE50

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE50	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.133 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d185',
    500: '#bbbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe50;
$custom-light: #d2d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77742,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE50

secondary

#9E9DCD

accent

#52D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE50

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

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