#BBBB3E#BBBB3E

#BBBB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB3E
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -15.27, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 62.36, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0476 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1347, 46.4544, 11.4616)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB3E #3E3EBB

analogous

#BB7D3E #BBBB3E #7DBB3E

triadic

#BBBB3E #3EBBBB #BB3EBB

tetradic

#BBBB3E #3EBB7D #3E3EBB #BB3E7D

square

#BBBB3E #3EBB7D #3E3EBB #BB3E7D

split-complementary

#BBBB3E #3E7DBB #7D3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5F20 #8D8D2F #BBBB3E #CDCD69 #DCDC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBBB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB3E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB3E	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)

#CAB32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bbbb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb3e;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76922,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB3E

secondary

#8D8DC8

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB3E

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

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