#BBBE52#BBBE52

#BBBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.131 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE52
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -15.46, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 55.24, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.046 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.131 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4310, 48.0019, 15.1165)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE52 #5552BE

analogous

#BE8B52 #BBBE52 #85BE52

triadic

#BBBE52 #52BBBE #BE52BB

tetradic

#BBBE52 #52BE8B #5552BE #BE5285

square

#BBBE52 #52BE8B #5552BE #BE5285

split-complementary

#BBBE52 #5285BE #8B52BE

monochromatic

#6B6D29 #97993A #BBBE52 #CCCF7E #DEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE52

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE52	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.131 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d186',
    500: '#bbbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe52;
$custom-light: #d2d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE52

secondary

#A09FCD

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE52

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

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