#BBBB34#BBBB34

#BBBB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.150 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB34
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -15.78, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 66.02, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.05 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8851, 46.3545, 10.1471)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB34 #3434BB

analogous

#BB7834 #BBBB34 #78BB34

triadic

#BBBB34 #34BBBB #BB34BB

tetradic

#BBBB34 #34BB78 #3434BB #BB3478

square

#BBBB34 #34BB78 #3434BB #BB3478

split-complementary

#BBBB34 #3478BB #7834BB

monochromatic

#5B5B19 #8B8B27 #BBBB34 #D1D15B #DFDF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB34

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB34	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#CAB31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf75',
    500: '#bbbb34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb34;
$custom-light: #d3cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7685,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB34

secondary

#8282C9

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB34

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

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