#BBBB32#BBBB32

#BBBB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB32
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -15.87, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 66.70, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0505 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8410, 46.3369, 9.9149)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB32 #3232BB

analogous

#BB7732 #BBBB32 #77BB32

triadic

#BBBB32 #32BBBB #BB32BB

tetradic

#BBBB32 #32BB77 #3232BB #BB3277

square

#BBBB32 #32BB77 #3232BB #BB3277

split-complementary

#BBBB32 #3277BB #7732BB

monochromatic

#5A5A18 #8B8B25 #BBBB32 #D2D258 #DFDF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB32

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB32	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf74',
    500: '#bbbb32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb32;
$custom-light: #d3cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB32

secondary

#8080C9

accent

#47E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB32

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

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