#BBBE3C#BBBE3C

#BBBE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE3C
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -16.89, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 64.30, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0524 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.148 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7239, 47.7190, 11.3922)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE3C #3F3CBE

analogous

#BE803C #BBBE3C #7ABE3C

triadic

#BBBE3C #3CBBBE #BE3CBB

tetradic

#BBBE3C #3CBE80 #3F3CBE #BE3C7A

square

#BBBE3C #3CBE80 #3F3CBE #BE3C7A

split-complementary

#BBBE3C #3C7ABE #803CBE

monochromatic

#5F611F #8D8F2D #BBBE3C #CDCF68 #DCDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBBE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE3C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE3C	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17a',
    500: '#bbbe3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe3c;
$custom-light: #d3d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77563,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE3C

secondary

#8E8CCA

accent

#4CDB50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE3C

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

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