#BBBD3E#BBBD3E

#BBBD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD3E
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -16.28, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 63.15, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0505 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.146 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5619, 47.3089, 11.6040)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD3E #403EBD

analogous

#BD803E #BBBD3E #7CBD3E

triadic

#BBBD3E #3EBBBD #BD3EBB

tetradic

#BBBD3E #3EBD80 #403EBD #BD3E7C

square

#BBBD3E #3EBD80 #403EBD #BD3E7C

split-complementary

#BBBD3E #3E7CBD #803EBD

monochromatic

#606120 #8D8F2F #BBBD3E #CDCE6A #DCDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD3E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD3E	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07b',
    500: '#bbbd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd3e;
$custom-light: #d3d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7736,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD3E

secondary

#8F8EC9

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD3E

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

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