#BBBE32#BBBE32

#BBBE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.154 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE32
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -17.38, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 67.83, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0547 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.154 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4841, 47.6231, 10.1293)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE32 #3532BE

analogous

#BE7B32 #BBBE32 #75BE32

triadic

#BBBE32 #32BBBE #BE32BB

tetradic

#BBBE32 #32BE7B #3532BE #BE3275

square

#BBBE32 #32BE7B #3532BE #BE3275

split-complementary

#BBBE32 #3275BE #7B32BE

monochromatic

#5C5D19 #8B8E25 #BBBE32 #D1D35A #DEE08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBBE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE32

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE32	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)

#CDB614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.154 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d174',
    500: '#bbbe32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe32;
$custom-light: #d3d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77495,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE32

secondary

#8382CA

accent

#46E24A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE32

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

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