#BBBB4A#BBBB4A

#BBBB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB4A
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -14.52, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 57.46, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0442 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.135 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5011, 46.6009, 13.3913)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB4A #4A4ABB

analogous

#BB824A #BBBB4A #82BB4A

triadic

#BBBB4A #4ABBBB #BB4ABB

tetradic

#BBBB4A #4ABB82 #4A4ABB #BB4A82

square

#BBBB4A #4ABB82 #4A4ABB #BB4A82

split-complementary

#BBBB4A #4A82BB #824ABB

monochromatic

#656526 #919137 #BBBB4A #CCCC76 #DCDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BBBB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB4A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB4A	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf81',
    500: '#bbbb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb4a;
$custom-light: #d2cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77028,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB4A

secondary

#9797C9

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB4A

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

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