#BBBA37#BBBA37

#BBBA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA37
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -15.13, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 64.59, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0479 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.7434, 45.9596, 10.4439)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA37 #3738BB

analogous

#BB7837 #BBBA37 #7ABB37

triadic

#BBBA37 #37BBBA #BA37BB

tetradic

#BBBA37 #37BB78 #3738BB #BB377A

square

#BBBA37 #37BB78 #3738BB #BB377A

split-complementary

#BBBA37 #377ABB #7837BB

monochromatic

#5C5C1B #8C8B29 #BBBA37 #D0CF5F #DEDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BBBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA37

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA37	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)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce77',
    500: '#bbba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba37;
$custom-light: #d3ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76652,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA37

secondary

#8586C9

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA37

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

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