#BBBF57#BBBF57

#BBBF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF57
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -15.57, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 53.43, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0458 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.128 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.8456, 48.5154, 16.2277)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF57 #5B57BF

analogous

#BF8F57 #BBBF57 #87BF57

triadic

#BBBF57 #57BBBF #BF57BB

tetradic

#BBBF57 #57BF8F #5B57BF #BF5787

square

#BBBF57 #57BF8F #5B57BF #BF5787

split-complementary

#BBBF57 #5787BF #8F57BF

monochromatic

#6E712B #999D3C #BBBF57 #CDD083 #DFE1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF57

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF57	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)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28a',
    500: '#bbbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf57;
$custom-light: #d2d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF57

secondary

#A5A3CF

accent

#53D558

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF57

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

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