#BBBD38#BBBD38

#BBBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD38
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -16.60, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 65.38, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0519 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4063, 47.2466, 10.7843)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD38 #3A38BD

analogous

#BD7C38 #BBBD38 #79BD38

triadic

#BBBD38 #38BBBD #BD38BB

tetradic

#BBBD38 #38BD7C #3A38BD #BD3879

square

#BBBD38 #38BD7C #3A38BD #BD3879

split-complementary

#BBBD38 #3879BD #7C38BD

monochromatic

#5E5F1C #8C8E2A #BBBD38 #CFD062 #DDDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD38

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d077',
    500: '#bbbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd38;
$custom-light: #d3d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77315,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD38

secondary

#8887C9

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD38

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

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