#BBBC3B#BBBC3B

#BBBC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC3B
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -15.94, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 63.89, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0498 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.147 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2675, 46.8481, 11.1109)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC3B #3C3BBC

analogous

#BC7C3B #BBBC3B #7ABC3B

triadic

#BBBC3B #3BBBBC #BC3BBB

tetradic

#BBBC3B #3BBC7C #3C3BBC #BC3B7A

square

#BBBC3B #3BBC7C #3C3BBC #BC3B7A

split-complementary

#BBBC3B #3B7ABC #7C3BBC

monochromatic

#5E5F1E #8D8D2C #BBBC3B #CECF65 #DDDD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC3B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC3B	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)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf79',
    500: '#bbbc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc3b;
$custom-light: #d3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC3B

secondary

#8B8AC9

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC3B

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

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