#BBBD39#BBBD39

#BBBD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD39
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -16.55, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 65.02, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0517 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4310, 47.2565, 10.9144)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD39 #3B39BD

analogous

#BD7D39 #BBBD39 #79BD39

triadic

#BBBD39 #39BBBD #BD39BB

tetradic

#BBBD39 #39BD7D #3B39BD #BD3979

square

#BBBD39 #39BD7D #3B39BD #BD3979

split-complementary

#BBBD39 #3979BD #7D39BD

monochromatic

#5E5F1D #8C8E2B #BBBD39 #CED063 #DDDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBBD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD39

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d078',
    500: '#bbbd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd39;
$custom-light: #d3d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77322,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD39

secondary

#8A89C9

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD39

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

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