#BBBA22#BBBA22

#BBBA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA22
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -15.96, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 71.06, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.052 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3427, 45.7993, 8.3335)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA22 #2223BB

analogous

#BB6D22 #BBBA22 #6FBB22

triadic

#BBBA22 #22BBBA #BA22BB

tetradic

#BBBA22 #22BB6D #2223BB #BB226F

square

#BBBA22 #22BB6D #2223BB #BB226F

split-complementary

#BBBA22 #226FBB #6D22BB

monochromatic

#53530F #878619 #BBBA22 #DCDB3E #E5E572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBBA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBBA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA22

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA22	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)

#CCB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce6d',
    500: '#bbba22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba22;
$custom-light: #d4ce6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76536,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA22

secondary

#6D6DCC

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA22

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

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