#BBBD40#BBBD40

#BBBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.144 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD40
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -16.16, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 62.38, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0499 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.144 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6178, 47.3312, 11.8984)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD40 #4240BD

analogous

#BD8140 #BBBD40 #7DBD40

triadic

#BBBD40 #40BBBD #BD40BB

tetradic

#BBBD40 #40BD81 #4240BD #BD407D

square

#BBBD40 #40BD81 #4240BD #BD407D

split-complementary

#BBBD40 #407DBD #8140BD

monochromatic

#616221 #8E8F31 #BBBD40 #CCCD6D #DCDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD40

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD40	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.144 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07c',
    500: '#bbbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd40;
$custom-light: #d3d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77376,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD40

secondary

#9190C9

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD40

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

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