#BBBE2E#BBBE2E

#BBBE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.156 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE2E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -17.55, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 69.11, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0555 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.156 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4015, 47.5901, 9.6945)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE2E #312EBE

analogous

#BE792E #BBBE2E #73BE2E

triadic

#BBBE2E #2EBBBE #BE2EBB

tetradic

#BBBE2E #2EBE79 #312EBE #BE2E73

square

#BBBE2E #2EBE79 #312EBE #BE2E73

split-complementary

#BBBE2E #2E73BE #792EBE

monochromatic

#5A5B16 #8B8D22 #BBBE2E #D3D654 #E0E185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE2E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE2E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.156 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d173',
    500: '#bbbe2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe2e;
$custom-light: #d3d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77472,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE2E

secondary

#7F7DCB

accent

#44E447

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE2E

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

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