#BBBE37#BBBE37
#BBBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.151 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBBE37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 190, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 55%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 71%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.62, -17.15, 63.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.62, 66.12, 105.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.53% -0.0536 0.1416) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.53% 0.151 110.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.5979, 47.6686, 10.7287) |
| Luminance | 0.4767 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.33
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.40
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.42
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.52
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.02
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBBE37 #3A37BE
analogous
#BE7D37 #BBBE37 #78BE37
triadic
#BBBE37 #37BBBE #BE37BB
tetradic
#BBBE37 #37BE7D #3A37BE #BE3778
square
#BBBE37 #37BE7D #3A37BE #BE3778
split-complementary
#BBBE37 #3778BE #7D37BE
monochromatic
#5E5F1C #8C8F29 #BBBE37 #CFD161 #DDDF90
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#BBBE37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.53
#BBBE37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBBE37
10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBBE37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBBE37 | 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)
#CDB61F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEB941
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8B2A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbbe37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 110.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3d177',
500: '#bbbe37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbbe37; $custom-light: #d3d177; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbbe37",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 190,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.333,
"s": 55.102,
"l": 48.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77528,
"c": 0.15138,
"h": 110.7
},
"luminance": 0.47668
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBBE37
secondary
#8887CA
accent
#49DE4D
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#151409
muted
#83827B