#BBBE33#BBBE33

#BBBE33 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 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE33
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -17.34, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 67.49, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0545 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.154 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5059, 47.6318, 10.2441)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE33 #3633BE

analogous

#BE7C33 #BBBE33 #76BE33

triadic

#BBBE33 #33BBBE #BE33BB

tetradic

#BBBE33 #33BE7C #3633BE #BE3376

square

#BBBE33 #33BE7C #3633BE #BE3376

split-complementary

#BBBE33 #3376BE #7C33BE

monochromatic

#5C5E19 #8C8E26 #BBBE33 #D0D35B #DEE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBBE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE33

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE33	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.154 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d175',
    500: '#bbbe33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe33;
$custom-light: #d3d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.15376,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE33

secondary

#8483CA

accent

#47E14A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE33

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

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