#BBBD42#BBBD42

#BBBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.143 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD42
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -16.04, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 61.59, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0494 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6757, 47.3544, 12.2035)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD42 #4442BD

analogous

#BD8242 #BBBD42 #7DBD42

triadic

#BBBD42 #42BBBD #BD42BB

tetradic

#BBBD42 #42BD82 #4442BD #BD427D

square

#BBBD42 #42BD82 #4442BD #BD427D

split-complementary

#BBBD42 #427DBD #8242BD

monochromatic

#616222 #8E9032 #BBBD42 #CBCD6F #DCDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD42

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d07d',
    500: '#bbbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd42;
$custom-light: #d2d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77392,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD42

secondary

#9392C9

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD42

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

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