#BBBD33#BBBD33

#BBBD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.153 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD33
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -16.84, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 67.12, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0531 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.153 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2900, 47.2001, 10.1722)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD33 #3533BD

analogous

#BD7A33 #BBBD33 #76BD33

triadic

#BBBD33 #33BBBD #BD33BB

tetradic

#BBBD33 #33BD7A #3533BD #BD3376

square

#BBBD33 #33BD7A #3533BD #BD3376

split-complementary

#BBBD33 #3376BD #7A33BD

monochromatic

#5C5D19 #8B8D26 #BBBD33 #D1D35B #DEE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD33

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD33	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)

#CCB517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.153 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d075',
    500: '#bbbd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd33;
$custom-light: #d3d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77282,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD33

secondary

#8382CA

accent

#47E149

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD33

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

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