#BBBA40#BBBA40

#BBBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.141 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA40
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -14.64, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 61.18, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0457 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9791, 46.0539, 11.6855)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA40 #4041BB

analogous

#BB7D40 #BBBA40 #7FBB40

triadic

#BBBA40 #40BBBA #BA40BB

tetradic

#BBBA40 #40BB7D #4041BB #BB407F

square

#BBBA40 #40BB7D #4041BB #BB407F

split-complementary

#BBBA40 #407FBB #7D40BB

monochromatic

#605F21 #8D8D30 #BBBA40 #CDCC6C #DCDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BBBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA40

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA40	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)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce7b',
    500: '#bbba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba40;
$custom-light: #d3ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7672,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA40

secondary

#8F8FC8

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA40

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

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