#BBBB42#BBBB42

#BBBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB42
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -15.03, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 60.78, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0465 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.141 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2485, 46.4999, 12.0611)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB42 #4242BB

analogous

#BB7F42 #BBBB42 #7FBB42

triadic

#BBBB42 #42BBBB #BB42BB

tetradic

#BBBB42 #42BB7F #4242BB #BB427F

square

#BBBB42 #42BB7F #4242BB #BB427F

split-complementary

#BBBB42 #427FBB #7F42BB

monochromatic

#616122 #8E8E32 #BBBB42 #CCCC6E #DCDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB42

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB42	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)

#CAB332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7d',
    500: '#bbbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb42;
$custom-light: #d2cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB42

secondary

#9191C8

accent

#50D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB42

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

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