#BBBB2B#BBBB2B

#BBBB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.155 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB2B
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -16.16, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 68.93, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0519 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.155 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7013, 46.2810, 9.1795)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB2B #2B2BBB

analogous

#BB732B #BBBB2B #73BB2B

triadic

#BBBB2B #2BBBBB #BB2BBB

tetradic

#BBBB2B #2BBB73 #2B2BBB #BB2B73

square

#BBBB2B #2BBB73 #2B2BBB #BB2B73

split-complementary

#BBBB2B #2B73BB #732BBB

monochromatic

#575714 #898920 #BBBB2B #D6D64D #E2E27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB2B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB2B	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.155 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf71',
    500: '#bbbb2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb2b;
$custom-light: #d3cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76797,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB2B

secondary

#7878CA

accent

#42E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB2B

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

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