#BBBE38#BBBE38

#BBBE38 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 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE38
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -17.10, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 65.77, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0534 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6221, 47.6783, 10.8563)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE38 #3B38BE

analogous

#BE7E38 #BBBE38 #78BE38

triadic

#BBBE38 #38BBBE #BE38BB

tetradic

#BBBE38 #38BE7E #3B38BE #BE3878

square

#BBBE38 #38BE7E #3B38BE #BE3878

split-complementary

#BBBE38 #3878BE #7E38BE

monochromatic

#5E5F1C #8C8F2A #BBBE38 #CED162 #DDDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE38

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE38	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d177',
    500: '#bbbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe38;
$custom-light: #d3d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77535,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE38

secondary

#8A88CA

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE38

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

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