#BBBB41#BBBB41

#BBBB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB41
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -15.09, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 61.18, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0468 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.142 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2193, 46.4882, 11.9072)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB41 #4141BB

analogous

#BB7E41 #BBBB41 #7EBB41

triadic

#BBBB41 #41BBBB #BB41BB

tetradic

#BBBB41 #41BB7E #4141BB #BB417E

square

#BBBB41 #41BB7E #4141BB #BB417E

split-complementary

#BBBB41 #417EBB #7E41BB

monochromatic

#606021 #8E8E31 #BBBB41 #CCCC6D #DCDC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBBB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB41

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB41	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7c',
    500: '#bbbb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb41;
$custom-light: #d3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76947,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB41

secondary

#9090C8

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB41

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

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