#BBBE56#BBBE56

#BBBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.127 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE56
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -15.14, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 53.44, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0447 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.127 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5877, 48.0645, 15.9416)
Luminance	0.4806 (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

#BBBE56 #5956BE

analogous

#BE8D56 #BBBE56 #87BE56

triadic

#BBBE56 #56BBBE #BE56BB

tetradic

#BBBE56 #56BE8D #5956BE #BE5687

square

#BBBE56 #56BE8D #5956BE #BE5687

split-complementary

#BBBE56 #5687BE #8D56BE

monochromatic

#6D6F2B #989B3C #BBBE56 #CDCF82 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE56

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE56	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)

#CBB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d189',
    500: '#bbbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe56;
$custom-light: #d2d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.731,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE56

secondary

#A3A2CE

accent

#54D457

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE56

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

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