#BBBC35#BBBC35

#BBBC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.151 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC35
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -16.24, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 66.05, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0512 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.151 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1207, 46.7894, 10.3380)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC35 #3635BC

analogous

#BC7935 #BBBC35 #78BC35

triadic

#BBBC35 #35BBBC #BC35BB

tetradic

#BBBC35 #35BC79 #3635BC #BC3578

square

#BBBC35 #35BC79 #3635BC #BC3578

split-complementary

#BBBC35 #3578BC #7935BC

monochromatic

#5C5D1A #8C8C28 #BBBC35 #D0D15D #DEDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBBC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC35

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC35	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.151 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf76',
    500: '#bbbc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc35;
$custom-light: #d3cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC35

secondary

#8484C9

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC35

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

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