#BBBC44#BBBC44

#BBBC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.140 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC44
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -15.42, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 60.38, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0474 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.14 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5214, 46.9497, 12.4480)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC44 #4544BC

analogous

#BC8144 #BBBC44 #7FBC44

triadic

#BBBC44 #44BBBC #BC44BB

tetradic

#BBBC44 #44BC81 #4544BC #BC447F

square

#BBBC44 #44BC81 #4544BC #BC447F

split-complementary

#BBBC44 #447FBC #8144BC

monochromatic

#626223 #8F8F33 #BBBC44 #CBCC71 #DCDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC44

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC44	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.140 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d07e',
    500: '#bbbc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc44;
$custom-light: #d2d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC44

secondary

#9493C9

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC44

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

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