#BBBE3B#BBBE3B

#BBBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE3B
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -16.94, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 64.68, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0526 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.149 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6977, 47.7085, 11.2543)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE3B #3E3BBE

analogous

#BE803B #BBBE3B #7ABE3B

triadic

#BBBE3B #3BBBBE #BE3BBB

tetradic

#BBBE3B #3BBE80 #3E3BBE #BE3B7A

square

#BBBE3B #3BBE80 #3E3BBE #BE3B7A

split-complementary

#BBBE3B #3B7ABE #803BBE

monochromatic

#5F611E #8D8F2C #BBBE3B #CDD067 #DCDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE3B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE3B	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)

#CDB626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d179',
    500: '#bbbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe3b;
$custom-light: #d3d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE3B

secondary

#8D8BCA

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE3B

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

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