#BBBE1D#BBBE1D

#BBBE1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.164 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE1D
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 84.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -18.11, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 73.61, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0583 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.164 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1302, 47.4815, 8.2658)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE1D #201DBE

analogous

#BE701D #BBBE1D #6ABE1D

triadic

#BBBE1D #1DBBBE #BE1DBB

tetradic

#BBBE1D #1DBE70 #201DBE #BE1D6A

square

#BBBE1D #1DBE70 #201DBE #BE1D6A

split-complementary

#BBBE1D #1D6ABE #701DBE

monochromatic

#52540D #878915 #BBBE1D #DDE138 #E6E96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBE1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE1D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE1D	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.164 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16c',
    500: '#bbbe1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe1d;
$custom-light: #d4d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.118,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77395,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE1D

secondary

#6A68CF

accent

#38F03B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE1D

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

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