#BBBA1E#BBBA1E

#BBBA1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA1E
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -16.08, 70.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 72.03, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0526 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2883, 45.7776, 8.0471)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA1E #1E1FBB

analogous

#BB6C1E #BBBA1E #6DBB1E

triadic

#BBBA1E #1EBBBA #BA1EBB

tetradic

#BBBA1E #1EBB6C #1E1FBB #BB1E6D

square

#BBBA1E #1EBB6C #1E1FBB #BB1E6D

split-complementary

#BBBA1E #1E6DBB #6C1EBB

monochromatic

#52510D #868616 #BBBA1E #DFDE37 #E7E76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBBA1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBBA1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA1E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA1E	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce6c',
    500: '#bbba1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba1e;
$custom-light: #d4ce6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA1E

secondary

#6768CD

accent

#3AEF39

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF9EC

border

#D4D2C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA1E

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

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