#BBBB36#BBBB36

#BBBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB36
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -15.69, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 65.32, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0496 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9311, 46.3729, 10.3894)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB36 #3636BB

analogous

#BB7936 #BBBB36 #79BB36

triadic

#BBBB36 #36BBBB #BB36BB

tetradic

#BBBB36 #36BB79 #3636BB #BB3679

square

#BBBB36 #36BB79 #3636BB #BB3679

split-complementary

#BBBB36 #3679BB #7936BB

monochromatic

#5C5C1B #8C8C28 #BBBB36 #D0D05E #DEDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB36

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB36	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)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf76',
    500: '#bbbb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb36;
$custom-light: #d3cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB36

secondary

#8484C9

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB36

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

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