#BBBA3E#BBBA3E
#BBBA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.143 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBBA3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 186, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 50%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 67%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.8%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.57, -14.76, 60.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.57, 61.97, 103.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.7% -0.0462 0.135) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.7% 0.143 108.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9233, 46.0316, 11.3911) |
| Luminance | 0.4603 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.90
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.41
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.43
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.55
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.62
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBBA3E #3E3FBB
analogous
#BB7C3E #BBBA3E #7EBB3E
triadic
#BBBA3E #3EBBBA #BA3EBB
tetradic
#BBBA3E #3EBB7C #3E3FBB #BB3E7E
square
#BBBA3E #3EBB7C #3E3FBB #BB3E7E
split-complementary
#BBBA3E #3E7EBB #7C3EBB
monochromatic
#5F5F20 #8D8C2F #BBBA3E #CDCC69 #DCDC97
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#BBBA3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.21
#BBBA3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBBA3E
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBBA3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBBA3E | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.21 | 10.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B22C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB746
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8AEA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbba3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.143 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3ce7a',
500: '#bbba3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbba3e; $custom-light: #d3ce7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbba3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 186,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.52,
"s": 50.201,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76704,
"c": 0.14271,
"h": 108.9
},
"luminance": 0.4603
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBBA3E
secondary
#8D8DC8
accent
#4FDA4E
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C