#BBBA35#BBBA35

#BBBA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA35
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -15.23, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 65.30, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0484 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.6964, 45.9408, 10.1965)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA35 #3536BB

analogous

#BB7735 #BBBA35 #79BB35

triadic

#BBBA35 #35BBBA #BA35BB

tetradic

#BBBA35 #35BB77 #3536BB #BB3579

square

#BBBA35 #35BB77 #3536BB #BB3579

split-complementary

#BBBA35 #3579BB #7735BB

monochromatic

#5C5B1A #8B8B27 #BBBA35 #D1D05C #DEDE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BBBA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA35

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA35	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce76',
    500: '#bbba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba35;
$custom-light: #d3ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA35

secondary

#8384C9

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA35

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

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