#BBBC22#BBBC22

#BBBC22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC22
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -16.97, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 71.75, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0548 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.7670, 46.6479, 8.4749)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC22 #2322BC

analogous

#BC7022 #BBBC22 #6EBC22

triadic

#BBBC22 #22BBBC #BC22BB

tetradic

#BBBC22 #22BC70 #2322BC #BC226E

square

#BBBC22 #22BC70 #2322BC #BC226E

split-complementary

#BBBC22 #226EBC #7022BC

monochromatic

#54540F #878819 #BBBC22 #DBDC3F #E5E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBBC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC22

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC22	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6d',
    500: '#bbbc22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc22;
$custom-light: #d4cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.39,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.46647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC22

secondary

#6E6DCD

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC22

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

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