#BBBB26#BBBB26

#BBBB26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB26
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -16.34, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 70.36, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0528 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6152, 46.2466, 8.7257)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB26 #2626BB

analogous

#BB7126 #BBBB26 #71BB26

triadic

#BBBB26 #26BBBB #BB26BB

tetradic

#BBBB26 #26BB71 #2626BB #BB2671

square

#BBBB26 #26BB71 #2626BB #BB2671

split-complementary

#BBBB26 #2671BB #7126BB

monochromatic

#555511 #88881C #BBBB26 #D9D945 #E4E478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBBB26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB26

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB26	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf6f',
    500: '#bbbb26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb26;
$custom-light: #d3cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB26

secondary

#7272CB

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB26

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

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