#BBBD35#BBBD35

#BBBD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD35
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -16.74, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 66.43, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0526 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3351, 47.2181, 10.4094)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD35 #3735BD

analogous

#BD7B35 #BBBD35 #77BD35

triadic

#BBBD35 #35BBBD #BD35BB

tetradic

#BBBD35 #35BD7B #3735BD #BD3577

square

#BBBD35 #35BD7B #3735BD #BD3577

split-complementary

#BBBD35 #3577BD #7B35BD

monochromatic

#5C5D1A #8C8D28 #BBBD35 #D0D25D #DEDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBBD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD35

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD35	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)

#CCB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d076',
    500: '#bbbd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd35;
$custom-light: #d3d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77295,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD35

secondary

#8584CA

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD35

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

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