#BBBE57#BBBE57

#BBBE57 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 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE57
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.06, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 52.99, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0444 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.127 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6282, 48.0807, 16.1553)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE57 #5A57BE

analogous

#BE8E57 #BBBE57 #87BE57

triadic

#BBBE57 #57BBBE #BE57BB

tetradic

#BBBE57 #57BE8E #5A57BE #BE5787

square

#BBBE57 #57BE8E #5A57BE #BE5787

split-complementary

#BBBE57 #5787BE #8E57BE

monochromatic

#6D6F2B #999C3C #BBBE57 #CDCF83 #DFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE57

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE57	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18a',
    500: '#bbbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe57;
$custom-light: #d2d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.748,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77819,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE57

secondary

#A4A3CE

accent

#54D458

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE57

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

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