#BBBF53#BBBF53

#BBBF53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.131 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF53
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -15.88, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 55.23, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0471 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.131 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.6867, 48.4518, 15.3908)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF53 #5753BF

analogous

#BF8D53 #BBBF53 #85BF53

triadic

#BBBF53 #53BBBF #BF53BB

tetradic

#BBBF53 #53BF8D #5753BF #BF5385

square

#BBBF53 #53BF8D #5753BF #BF5385

split-complementary

#BBBF53 #5385BF #8D53BF

monochromatic

#6C6E29 #979B3A #BBBF53 #CDD080 #DEE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF53

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF53	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.131 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d287',
    500: '#bbbf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf53;
$custom-light: #d2d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF53

secondary

#A2A0CE

accent

#52D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF53

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

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