#BBBA2A#BBBA2A

#BBBA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.155 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA2A
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -15.69, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 68.87, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0507 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.155 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4718, 45.8510, 9.0136)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA2A #2A2BBB

analogous

#BB712A #BBBA2A #74BB2A

triadic

#BBBA2A #2ABBBA #BA2ABB

tetradic

#BBBA2A #2ABB71 #2A2BBB #BB2A74

square

#BBBA2A #2ABB71 #2A2BBB #BB2A74

split-complementary

#BBBA2A #2A74BB #712ABB

monochromatic

#575714 #89881F #BBBA2A #D7D64C #E2E17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BBBA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA2A

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA2A	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.155 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce70',
    500: '#bbba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba2a;
$custom-light: #d3ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA2A

secondary

#7677CA

accent

#43E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA2A

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

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