#BBBE3E#BBBE3E

#BBBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE3E
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -16.78, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 63.55, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0519 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.147 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7777, 47.7405, 11.6760)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE3E #413EBE

analogous

#BE813E #BBBE3E #7BBE3E

triadic

#BBBE3E #3EBBBE #BE3EBB

tetradic

#BBBE3E #3EBE81 #413EBE #BE3E7B

square

#BBBE3E #3EBE81 #413EBE #BE3E7B

split-complementary

#BBBE3E #3E7BBE #813EBE

monochromatic

#606220 #8E902F #BBBE3E #CCCF6B #DCDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE3E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17b',
    500: '#bbbe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe3e;
$custom-light: #d3d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE3E

secondary

#908EC9

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE3E

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

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