#BBBD2C#BBBD2C

#BBBD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.157 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD2C
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -17.13, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 69.35, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0545 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.157 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1472, 47.1430, 9.4197)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD2C #2E2CBD

analogous

#BD772C #BBBD2C #72BD2C

triadic

#BBBD2C #2CBBBD #BD2CBB

tetradic

#BBBD2C #2CBD77 #2E2CBD #BD2C72

square

#BBBD2C #2CBD77 #2E2CBD #BD2C72

split-complementary

#BBBD2C #2C72BD #772CBD

monochromatic

#595A15 #8A8B20 #BBBD2C #D4D650 #E0E282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBBD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD2C

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD2C	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.157 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d072',
    500: '#bbbd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd2c;
$custom-light: #d3d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD2C

secondary

#7B7ACB

accent

#42E545

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD2C

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

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