#BBBF50#BBBF50

#BBBF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF50
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -16.11, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 56.56, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0481 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.134 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5733, 48.4065, 14.7939)
Luminance	0.4841 (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

#BBBF50 #5450BF

analogous

#BF8B50 #BBBF50 #83BF50

triadic

#BBBF50 #50BBBF #BF50BB

tetradic

#BBBF50 #50BF8B #5450BF #BF5083

square

#BBBF50 #50BF8B #5450BF #BF5083

split-complementary

#BBBF50 #5083BF #8B50BF

monochromatic

#6A6D28 #969A38 #BBBF50 #CCCF7D #DEE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF50

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF50	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d285',
    500: '#bbbf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf50;
$custom-light: #d2d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77961,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF50

secondary

#9F9DCD

accent

#52D656

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF50

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

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