#BBBC33#BBBC33

#BBBC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC33
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -16.33, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 66.74, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0517 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0757, 46.7714, 10.1007)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC33 #3433BC

analogous

#BC7933 #BBBC33 #77BC33

triadic

#BBBC33 #33BBBC #BC33BB

tetradic

#BBBC33 #33BC79 #3433BC #BC3377

square

#BBBC33 #33BC79 #3433BC #BC3377

split-complementary

#BBBC33 #3377BC #7933BC

monochromatic

#5B5C19 #8B8C26 #BBBC33 #D1D25A #DFDF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBBC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC33

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC33	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)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf75',
    500: '#bbbc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc33;
$custom-light: #d3cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC33

secondary

#8281C9

accent

#47E148

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC33

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

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