#BBBE3A#BBBE3A

#BBBE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE3A
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -17.00, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 65.04, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0529 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.149 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6720, 47.6983, 11.1190)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE3A #3D3ABE

analogous

#BE7F3A #BBBE3A #79BE3A

triadic

#BBBE3A #3ABBBE #BE3ABB

tetradic

#BBBE3A #3ABE7F #3D3ABE #BE3A79

square

#BBBE3A #3ABE7F #3D3ABE #BE3A79

split-complementary

#BBBE3A #3A79BE #7F3ABE

monochromatic

#5F601D #8D8F2C #BBBE3A #CED065 #DDDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE3A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d179',
    500: '#bbbe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe3a;
$custom-light: #d3d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE3A

secondary

#8C8ACA

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE3A

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

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