#BBBF59#BBBF59

#BBBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.126 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF59
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -15.40, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 52.52, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0451 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.126 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.9284, 48.5486, 16.6640)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF59 #5D59BF

analogous

#BF9059 #BBBF59 #88BF59

triadic

#BBBF59 #59BBBF #BF59BB

tetradic

#BBBF59 #59BF90 #5D59BF #BF5988

square

#BBBF59 #59BF90 #5D59BF #BF5988

split-complementary

#BBBF59 #5988BF #9059BF

monochromatic

#6F722C #9A9E3D #BBBF59 #CDD085 #DFE1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF59

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF59	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.126 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28b',
    500: '#bbbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf59;
$custom-light: #d2d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7806,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF59

secondary

#A6A4CF

accent

#54D459

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF59

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

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