#BBBE35#BBBE35

#BBBE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.153 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE35
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -17.25, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 66.82, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.054 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.153 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5509, 47.6498, 10.4814)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE35 #3835BE

analogous

#BE7D35 #BBBE35 #76BE35

triadic

#BBBE35 #35BBBE #BE35BB

tetradic

#BBBE35 #35BE7D #3835BE #BE3576

square

#BBBE35 #35BE7D #3835BE #BE3576

split-complementary

#BBBE35 #3576BE #7D35BE

monochromatic

#5D5E1A #8C8E28 #BBBE35 #D0D25E #DEDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE35

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE35	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.153 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d176',
    500: '#bbbe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe35;
$custom-light: #d3d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77514,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE35

secondary

#8685CA

accent

#48E04B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE35

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

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