#BBBD3C#BBBD3C

#BBBD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD3C
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -16.39, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 63.91, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.051 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5080, 47.2873, 11.3203)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD3C #3E3CBD

analogous

#BD7F3C #BBBD3C #7BBD3C

triadic

#BBBD3C #3CBBBD #BD3CBB

tetradic

#BBBD3C #3CBD7F #3E3CBD #BD3C7B

square

#BBBD3C #3CBD7F #3E3CBD #BD3C7B

split-complementary

#BBBD3C #3C7BBD #7F3CBD

monochromatic

#5F601F #8D8F2D #BBBD3C #CDCF67 #DCDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD3C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD3C	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)

#CCB528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d079',
    500: '#bbbd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd3c;
$custom-light: #d3d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77344,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD3C

secondary

#8D8CC9

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD3C

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

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