#BBBB3C#BBBB3C

#BBBB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.145 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB3C
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -15.38, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 63.13, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0481 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0808, 46.4328, 11.1779)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB3C #3C3CBB

analogous

#BB7B3C #BBBB3C #7BBB3C

triadic

#BBBB3C #3CBBBB #BB3CBB

tetradic

#BBBB3C #3CBB7B #3C3CBB #BB3C7B

square

#BBBB3C #3CBB7B #3C3CBB #BB3C7B

split-complementary

#BBBB3C #3C7BBB #7B3CBB

monochromatic

#5E5E1E #8D8D2D #BBBB3C #CECE66 #DDDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBBB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB3C

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB3C	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf79',
    500: '#bbbb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb3c;
$custom-light: #d3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76907,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB3C

secondary

#8B8BC8

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB3C

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

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