#BBBE55#BBBE55

#BBBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE55
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -15.22, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 53.90, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.045 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.128 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5477, 48.0485, 15.7309)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE55 #5855BE

analogous

#BE8D55 #BBBE55 #87BE55

triadic

#BBBE55 #55BBBE #BE55BB

tetradic

#BBBE55 #55BE8D #5855BE #BE5587

square

#BBBE55 #55BE8D #5855BE #BE5587

split-complementary

#BBBE55 #5587BE #8D55BE

monochromatic

#6C6E2A #989B3B #BBBE55 #CDCF81 #DEE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE55

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE55	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d188',
    500: '#bbbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe55;
$custom-light: #d2d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE55

secondary

#A2A1CE

accent

#53D457

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE55

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

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