#BBBB30#BBBB30

#BBBB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB30
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -15.96, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 67.36, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0509 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7988, 46.3200, 9.6926)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB30 #3030BB

analogous

#BB7530 #BBBB30 #75BB30

triadic

#BBBB30 #30BBBB #BB30BB

tetradic

#BBBB30 #30BB75 #3030BB #BB3075

square

#BBBB30 #30BB75 #3030BB #BB3075

split-complementary

#BBBB30 #3075BB #7530BB

monochromatic

#5A5A17 #8A8A23 #BBBB30 #D3D355 #E0E086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB30

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB30	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)

#CAB310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf73',
    500: '#bbbb30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb30;
$custom-light: #d3cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76825,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB30

secondary

#7D7DC9

accent

#45E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB30

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

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