#BBBB22#BBBB22

#BBBB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB22
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -16.47, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 71.41, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0534 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5541, 46.2221, 8.4039)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB22 #2222BB

analogous

#BB6E22 #BBBB22 #6EBB22

triadic

#BBBB22 #22BBBB #BB22BB

tetradic

#BBBB22 #22BB6E #2222BB #BB226E

square

#BBBB22 #22BB6E #2222BB #BB226E

split-complementary

#BBBB22 #226EBB #6E22BB

monochromatic

#53530F #878719 #BBBB22 #DCDC3E #E5E572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBBB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB22

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB22	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6d',
    500: '#bbbb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb22;
$custom-light: #d4cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB22

secondary

#6D6DCC

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB22

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

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