#BBBA38#BBBA38

#BBBA38 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	#BBBA38
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -15.08, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 64.23, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0477 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.7676, 45.9693, 10.5714)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA38 #3839BB

analogous

#BB7838 #BBBA38 #7ABB38

triadic

#BBBA38 #38BBBA #BA38BB

tetradic

#BBBA38 #38BB78 #3839BB #BB387A

square

#BBBA38 #38BB78 #3839BB #BB387A

split-complementary

#BBBA38 #387ABB #7838BB

monochromatic

#5D5C1C #8C8B2A #BBBA38 #D0CF61 #DEDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BBBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA38

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA38	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce77',
    500: '#bbba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba38;
$custom-light: #d3ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76659,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA38

secondary

#8687C8

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA38

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

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