#BBBE21#BBBE21

#BBBE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE21
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -18.00, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 72.69, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0577 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1830, 47.5026, 8.5434)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE21 #2421BE

analogous

#BE7221 #BBBE21 #6DBE21

triadic

#BBBE21 #21BBBE #BE21BB

tetradic

#BBBE21 #21BE72 #2421BE #BE216D

square

#BBBE21 #21BE72 #2421BE #BE216D

split-complementary

#BBBE21 #216DBE #7221BE

monochromatic

#54560F #888A18 #BBBE21 #DBDE3F #E4E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE21

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE21	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)

#CFB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16d',
    500: '#bbbe21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe21;
$custom-light: #d4d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.146,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE21

secondary

#6F6DCD

accent

#3BED3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE21

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

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