#BBBE3D#BBBE3D

#BBBE3D 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 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE3D
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -16.84, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 63.93, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0521 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.148 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7506, 47.7297, 11.5328)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE3D #403DBE

analogous

#BE813D #BBBE3D #7BBE3D

triadic

#BBBE3D #3DBBBE #BE3DBB

tetradic

#BBBE3D #3DBE81 #403DBE #BE3D7B

square

#BBBE3D #3DBE81 #403DBE #BE3D7B

split-complementary

#BBBE3D #3D7BBE #813DBE

monochromatic

#60611F #8D902E #BBBE3D #CDCF69 #DCDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE3D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE3D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17a',
    500: '#bbbe3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe3d;
$custom-light: #d3d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE3D

secondary

#8F8DC9

accent

#4DDB50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE3D

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

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