#BBBB43#BBBB43

#BBBB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB43
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -14.97, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 60.38, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0463 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2782, 46.5118, 12.2177)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB43 #4343BB

analogous

#BB7F43 #BBBB43 #7FBB43

triadic

#BBBB43 #43BBBB #BB43BB

tetradic

#BBBB43 #43BB7F #4343BB #BB437F

square

#BBBB43 #43BB7F #4343BB #BB437F

split-complementary

#BBBB43 #437FBB #7F43BB

monochromatic

#616123 #8E8E33 #BBBB43 #CCCC70 #DCDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBBB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB43

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB43	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)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7d',
    500: '#bbbb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb43;
$custom-light: #d2cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76964,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB43

secondary

#9292C8

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB43

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

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