#BBBD21#BBBD21

#BBBD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.161 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD21
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -17.50, 70.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 72.35, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0564 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9671, 47.0709, 8.4715)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD21 #2321BD

analogous

#BD7121 #BBBD21 #6DBD21

triadic

#BBBD21 #21BBBD #BD21BB

tetradic

#BBBD21 #21BD71 #2321BD #BD216D

square

#BBBD21 #21BD71 #2321BD #BD216D

split-complementary

#BBBD21 #216DBD #7121BD

monochromatic

#54550F #878918 #BBBD21 #DBDD3E #E5E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD21

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD21	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06d',
    500: '#bbbd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd21;
$custom-light: #d4d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7719,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD21

secondary

#6E6DCD

accent

#3BED3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD21

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

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