#BBBD31#BBBD31

#BBBD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.154 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD31
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -16.92, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 67.78, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0535 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2469, 47.1829, 9.9449)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD31 #3331BD

analogous

#BD7931 #BBBD31 #75BD31

triadic

#BBBD31 #31BBBD #BD31BB

tetradic

#BBBD31 #31BD79 #3331BD #BD3175

square

#BBBD31 #31BD79 #3331BD #BD3175

split-complementary

#BBBD31 #3175BD #7931BD

monochromatic

#5B5C18 #8B8C24 #BBBD31 #D2D458 #DFE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD31

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD31	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d074',
    500: '#bbbd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd31;
$custom-light: #d3d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7727,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD31

secondary

#8180CA

accent

#46E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD31

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

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