#BBBA42#BBBA42

#BBBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA42
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.52, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 60.38, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0451 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0371, 46.0771, 11.9906)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA42 #4243BB

analogous

#BB7E42 #BBBA42 #80BB42

triadic

#BBBA42 #42BBBA #BA42BB

tetradic

#BBBA42 #42BB7E #4243BB #BB4280

square

#BBBA42 #42BB7E #4243BB #BB4280

split-complementary

#BBBA42 #4280BB #7E42BB

monochromatic

#616022 #8E8D32 #BBBA42 #CCCB6E #DCDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA42

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA42	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7d',
    500: '#bbba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba42;
$custom-light: #d2ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76737,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA42

secondary

#9191C8

accent

#51D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA42

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

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