#BBBB2A#BBBB2A

#BBBB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB2A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -16.20, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 69.22, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0521 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6832, 46.2738, 9.0841)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB2A #2A2ABB

analogous

#BB732A #BBBB2A #73BB2A

triadic

#BBBB2A #2ABBBB #BB2ABB

tetradic

#BBBB2A #2ABB73 #2A2ABB #BB2A73

square

#BBBB2A #2ABB73 #2A2ABB #BB2A73

split-complementary

#BBBB2A #2A73BB #732ABB

monochromatic

#575714 #89891F #BBBB2A #D7D74C #E2E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBBB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB2A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB2A	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)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf70',
    500: '#bbbb2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb2a;
$custom-light: #d3cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76792,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB2A

secondary

#7676CA

accent

#41E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB2A

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

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