#BBBB38#BBBB38

#BBBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.148 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB38
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -15.59, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 64.61, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0491 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9790, 46.3921, 10.6419)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB38 #3838BB

analogous

#BB7938 #BBBB38 #79BB38

triadic

#BBBB38 #38BBBB #BB38BB

tetradic

#BBBB38 #38BB79 #3838BB #BB3879

square

#BBBB38 #38BB79 #3838BB #BB3879

split-complementary

#BBBB38 #3879BB #7938BB

monochromatic

#5D5D1C #8C8C2A #BBBB38 #D0D061 #DEDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB38

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB38	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf77',
    500: '#bbbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb38;
$custom-light: #d3cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76878,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB38

secondary

#8686C8

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB38

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

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