#BBBD22#BBBD22

#BBBD22 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 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD22
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -17.47, 69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 72.10, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0562 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9813, 47.0766, 8.5464)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD22 #2422BD

analogous

#BD7122 #BBBD22 #6DBD22

triadic

#BBBD22 #22BBBD #BD22BB

tetradic

#BBBD22 #22BD71 #2422BD #BD226D

square

#BBBD22 #22BD71 #2422BD #BD226D

split-complementary

#BBBD22 #226DBD #7122BD

monochromatic

#54550F #888919 #BBBD22 #DBDD40 #E4E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBBD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD22

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD22	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06e',
    500: '#bbbd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd22;
$custom-light: #d4d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD22

secondary

#6F6ECD

accent

#3BEC3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD22

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

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