#BBBC3E#BBBC3E

#BBBC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC3E
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -15.77, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 62.75, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0491 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.145 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3475, 46.8801, 11.5326)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC3E #3F3EBC

analogous

#BC7E3E #BBBC3E #7CBC3E

triadic

#BBBC3E #3EBBBC #BC3EBB

tetradic

#BBBC3E #3EBC7E #3F3EBC #BC3E7C

square

#BBBC3E #3EBC7E #3F3EBC #BC3E7C

split-complementary

#BBBC3E #3E7CBC #7E3EBC

monochromatic

#5F6020 #8D8E2F #BBBC3E #CDCE6A #DCDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC3E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC3E	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bbbc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc3e;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC3E

secondary

#8E8DC9

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC3E

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

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