#BBBB2E#BBBB2E

#BBBB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB2E
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -16.04, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 68.00, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0513 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7584, 46.3039, 9.4801)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB2E #2E2EBB

analogous

#BB742E #BBBB2E #74BB2E

triadic

#BBBB2E #2EBBBB #BB2EBB

tetradic

#BBBB2E #2EBB74 #2E2EBB #BB2E74

square

#BBBB2E #2EBB74 #2E2EBB #BB2E74

split-complementary

#BBBB2E #2E74BB #742EBB

monochromatic

#595916 #8A8A22 #BBBB2E #D4D452 #E0E083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB2E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB2E	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)

#CAB30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf72',
    500: '#bbbb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb2e;
$custom-light: #d3cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB2E

secondary

#7B7BCA

accent

#44E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB2E

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

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