#BBBC2B#BBBC2B

#BBBC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.156 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC2B
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -16.67, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 69.29, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0533 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.156 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.9142, 46.7068, 9.2505)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC2B #2C2BBC

analogous

#BC752B #BBBC2B #72BC2B

triadic

#BBBC2B #2BBBBC #BC2BBB

tetradic

#BBBC2B #2BBC75 #2C2BBC #BC2B72

square

#BBBC2B #2BBC75 #2C2BBC #BC2B72

split-complementary

#BBBC2B #2B72BC #752BBC

monochromatic

#585814 #898A20 #BBBC2B #D6D64E #E1E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBBC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC2B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC2B	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.156 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf71',
    500: '#bbbc2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc2b;
$custom-light: #d3cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77017,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.46706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC2B

secondary

#7978CB

accent

#42E643

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC2B

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

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