#BBBE59#BBBE59

#BBBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE59
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -14.89, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 52.07, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0437 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.125 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7111, 48.1139, 16.5916)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE59 #5C59BE

analogous

#BE8E59 #BBBE59 #89BE59

triadic

#BBBE59 #59BBBE #BE59BB

tetradic

#BBBE59 #59BE8E #5C59BE #BE5989

square

#BBBE59 #59BE8E #5C59BE #BE5989

split-complementary

#BBBE59 #5989BE #8E59BE

monochromatic

#6F712C #9A9D3D #BBBE59 #CDCF85 #DFE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE59

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE59	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)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18b',
    500: '#bbbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe59;
$custom-light: #d2d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.782,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE59

secondary

#A5A4CF

accent

#54D358

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE59

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

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