#BBBC39#BBBC39

#BBBC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.148 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC39
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -16.04, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 64.63, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0503 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.148 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2166, 46.8278, 10.8430)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC39 #3A39BC

analogous

#BC7B39 #BBBC39 #79BC39

triadic

#BBBC39 #39BBBC #BC39BB

tetradic

#BBBC39 #39BC7B #3A39BC #BC3979

square

#BBBC39 #39BC7B #3A39BC #BC3979

split-complementary

#BBBC39 #3979BC #7B39BC

monochromatic

#5E5E1D #8C8D2B #BBBC39 #CFD063 #DDDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC39

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC39	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.148 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf78',
    500: '#bbbc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc39;
$custom-light: #d3cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC39

secondary

#8888C9

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC39

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

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