#BBBA44#BBBA44

#BBBA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA44
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -14.40, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 59.57, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0446 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.138 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0971, 46.1011, 12.3066)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA44 #4445BB

analogous

#BB7F44 #BBBA44 #80BB44

triadic

#BBBA44 #44BBBA #BA44BB

tetradic

#BBBA44 #44BB7F #4445BB #BB4480

square

#BBBA44 #44BB7F #4445BB #BB4480

split-complementary

#BBBA44 #4480BB #7F44BB

monochromatic

#616123 #8E8D34 #BBBA44 #CBCB71 #DCDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBBA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA44

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA44	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C8B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7e',
    500: '#bbba44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba44;
$custom-light: #d2ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA44

secondary

#9393C8

accent

#53D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA44

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

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