#BBBA3B#BBBA3B

#BBBA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA3B
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -14.92, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 63.12, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.047 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.145 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8432, 45.9995, 10.9695)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA3B #3B3CBB

analogous

#BB7A3B #BBBA3B #7CBB3B

triadic

#BBBA3B #3BBBBA #BA3BBB

tetradic

#BBBA3B #3BBB7A #3B3CBB #BB3B7C

square

#BBBA3B #3BBB7A #3B3CBB #BB3B7C

split-complementary

#BBBA3B #3B7CBB #7A3BBB

monochromatic

#5E5D1E #8C8C2C #BBBA3B #CECE65 #DDDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BBBA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA3B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA3B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce79',
    500: '#bbba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba3b;
$custom-light: #d3ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA3B

secondary

#8A8AC8

accent

#4DDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA3B

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

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