#BBBF56#BBBF56

#BBBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.129 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF56
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -15.65, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 53.89, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0461 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.129 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.8050, 48.4992, 16.0140)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF56 #5A56BF

analogous

#BF8F56 #BBBF56 #87BF56

triadic

#BBBF56 #56BBBF #BF56BB

tetradic

#BBBF56 #56BF8F #5A56BF #BF5687

square

#BBBF56 #56BF8F #5A56BF #BF5687

split-complementary

#BBBF56 #5687BF #8F56BF

monochromatic

#6D702A #999D3B #BBBF56 #CDD082 #DFE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF56

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF56	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.129 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d289',
    500: '#bbbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf56;
$custom-light: #d2d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78026,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF56

secondary

#A4A2CF

accent

#53D558

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF56

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

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