#BBBC31#BBBC31

#BBBC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.153 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC31
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -16.42, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 67.41, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0521 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.153 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0325, 46.7541, 9.8735)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC31 #3231BC

analogous

#BC7831 #BBBC31 #76BC31

triadic

#BBBC31 #31BBBC #BC31BB

tetradic

#BBBC31 #31BC78 #3231BC #BC3176

square

#BBBC31 #31BC78 #3231BC #BC3176

split-complementary

#BBBC31 #3176BC #7831BC

monochromatic

#5A5B18 #8B8B24 #BBBC31 #D2D357 #DFE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBBC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC31

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC31	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf74',
    500: '#bbbc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc31;
$custom-light: #d3cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC31

secondary

#807FCA

accent

#46E247

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC31

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

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