#BBBE22#BBBE22

#BBBE22 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	#BBBE22
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -17.97, 70.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 72.45, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0576 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1972, 47.5083, 8.6183)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE22 #2522BE

analogous

#BE7322 #BBBE22 #6DBE22

triadic

#BBBE22 #22BBBE #BE22BB

tetradic

#BBBE22 #22BE73 #2522BE #BE226D

square

#BBBE22 #22BE73 #2522BE #BE226D

split-complementary

#BBBE22 #226DBE #7322BE

monochromatic

#55560F #888A19 #BBBE22 #DADD40 #E4E674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE22

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE22	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)

#CFB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16e',
    500: '#bbbe22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe22;
$custom-light: #d4d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE22

secondary

#706FCD

accent

#3BEC3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE22

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

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