#BBBB33#BBBB33

#BBBB33 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	#BBBB33
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -15.83, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 66.36, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0503 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8628, 46.3456, 10.0298)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB33 #3333BB

analogous

#BB7733 #BBBB33 #77BB33

triadic

#BBBB33 #33BBBB #BB33BB

tetradic

#BBBB33 #33BB77 #3333BB #BB3377

square

#BBBB33 #33BB77 #3333BB #BB3377

split-complementary

#BBBB33 #3377BB #7733BB

monochromatic

#5B5B19 #8B8B26 #BBBB33 #D2D259 #DFDF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB33

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB33	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)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf75',
    500: '#bbbb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb33;
$custom-light: #d3cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76844,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB33

secondary

#8181C9

accent

#47E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB33

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

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