#BBBE36#BBBE36

#BBBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.152 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE36
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -17.20, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 66.47, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0538 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.152 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5742, 47.6591, 10.6038)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE36 #3936BE

analogous

#BE7D36 #BBBE36 #77BE36

triadic

#BBBE36 #36BBBE #BE36BB

tetradic

#BBBE36 #36BE7D #3936BE #BE3677

square

#BBBE36 #36BE7D #3936BE #BE3677

split-complementary

#BBBE36 #3677BE #7D36BE

monochromatic

#5D5F1B #8C8E28 #BBBE36 #CFD260 #DDDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE36

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE36	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)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.152 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d176',
    500: '#bbbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe36;
$custom-light: #d3d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77521,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE36

secondary

#8786CA

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE36

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

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