#BBBA31#BBBA31

#BBBA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA31
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -15.41, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 66.67, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0493 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6082, 45.9056, 9.7321)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA31 #3132BB

analogous

#BB7531 #BBBA31 #77BB31

triadic

#BBBA31 #31BBBA #BA31BB

tetradic

#BBBA31 #31BB75 #3132BB #BB3177

square

#BBBA31 #31BB75 #3132BB #BB3177

split-complementary

#BBBA31 #3177BB #7531BB

monochromatic

#5A5A18 #8B8A24 #BBBA31 #D3D256 #E0DF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBBA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA31

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA31	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce74',
    500: '#bbba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba31;
$custom-light: #d3ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76613,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA31

secondary

#7F7FC9

accent

#47E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA31

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

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