#BBBE23#BBBE23

#BBBE23 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	#BBBE23
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -17.94, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 72.20, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0574 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2118, 47.5142, 8.6954)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE23 #2623BE

analogous

#BE7423 #BBBE23 #6EBE23

triadic

#BBBE23 #23BBBE #BE23BB

tetradic

#BBBE23 #23BE74 #2623BE #BE236E

square

#BBBE23 #23BE74 #2623BE #BE236E

split-complementary

#BBBE23 #236EBE #7423BE

monochromatic

#555710 #888A19 #BBBE23 #D9DC42 #E4E676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBBE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE23

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE23	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)

#CFB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16e',
    500: '#bbbe23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe23;
$custom-light: #d4d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.161,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77418,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE23

secondary

#7270CD

accent

#3CEC3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE23

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

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