#BBBD3B#BBBD3B

#BBBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.148 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD3B
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -16.44, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 64.28, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0512 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.148 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4818, 47.2768, 11.1824)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD3B #3D3BBD

analogous

#BD7E3B #BBBD3B #7ABD3B

triadic

#BBBD3B #3BBBBD #BD3BBB

tetradic

#BBBD3B #3BBD7E #3D3BBD #BD3B7A

square

#BBBD3B #3BBD7E #3D3BBD #BD3B7A

split-complementary

#BBBD3B #3B7ABD #7E3BBD

monochromatic

#5F601E #8D8E2C #BBBD3B #CECF66 #DDDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD3B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD3B	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.148 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d079',
    500: '#bbbd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd3b;
$custom-light: #d3d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD3B

secondary

#8C8BC9

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD3B

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

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