#BBBB3A#BBBB3A

#BBBB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB3A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -15.48, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 63.88, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0486 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0289, 46.4121, 10.9047)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB3A #3A3ABB

analogous

#BB7A3A #BBBB3A #7ABB3A

triadic

#BBBB3A #3ABBBB #BB3ABB

tetradic

#BBBB3A #3ABB7A #3A3ABB #BB3A7A

square

#BBBB3A #3ABB7A #3A3ABB #BB3A7A

split-complementary

#BBBB3A #3A7ABB #7A3ABB

monochromatic

#5E5E1D #8C8C2C #BBBB3A #CFCF63 #DDDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBBB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB3A

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB3A	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)

#CAB325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf78',
    500: '#bbbb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb3a;
$custom-light: #d3cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB3A

secondary

#8888C8

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB3A

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

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