#BBBE53#BBBE53

#BBBE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE53
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -15.38, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 54.80, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0457 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.13 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4693, 48.0172, 15.3183)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE53 #5653BE

analogous

#BE8B53 #BBBE53 #85BE53

triadic

#BBBE53 #53BBBE #BE53BB

tetradic

#BBBE53 #53BE8B #5653BE #BE5385

square

#BBBE53 #53BE8B #5653BE #BE5385

split-complementary

#BBBE53 #5385BE #8B53BE

monochromatic

#6B6D29 #979A3A #BBBE53 #CDCF7F #DEE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE53

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE53	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)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d187',
    500: '#bbbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe53;
$custom-light: #d2d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.682,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE53

secondary

#A19FCD

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE53

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

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