#BBBE31#BBBE31

#BBBE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.155 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE31
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -17.43, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 68.15, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0549 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4627, 47.6145, 10.0169)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE31 #3431BE

analogous

#BE7B31 #BBBE31 #74BE31

triadic

#BBBE31 #31BBBE #BE31BB

tetradic

#BBBE31 #31BE7B #3431BE #BE3174

square

#BBBE31 #31BE7B #3431BE #BE3174

split-complementary

#BBBE31 #3174BE #7B31BE

monochromatic

#5B5D18 #8B8D24 #BBBE31 #D1D458 #DFE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE31

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE31	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)

#CDB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.155 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d174',
    500: '#bbbe31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe31;
$custom-light: #d3d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE31

secondary

#8280CA

accent

#46E249

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE31

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

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