#BBBD36#BBBD36

#BBBD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.151 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD36
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -16.70, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 66.09, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0524 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3583, 47.2274, 10.5318)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD36 #3836BD

analogous

#BD7C36 #BBBD36 #77BD36

triadic

#BBBD36 #36BBBD #BD36BB

tetradic

#BBBD36 #36BD7C #3836BD #BD3677

square

#BBBD36 #36BD7C #3836BD #BD3677

split-complementary

#BBBD36 #3677BD #7C36BD

monochromatic

#5D5E1B #8C8D28 #BBBD36 #D0D15F #DEDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD36

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD36	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d076',
    500: '#bbbd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd36;
$custom-light: #d3d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77302,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD36

secondary

#8685C9

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD36

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

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