#BBBE40#BBBE40

#BBBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.145 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE40
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -16.67, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 62.78, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0514 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.145 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8336, 47.7629, 11.9703)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE40 #4340BE

analogous

#BE8240 #BBBE40 #7CBE40

triadic

#BBBE40 #40BBBE #BE40BB

tetradic

#BBBE40 #40BE82 #4340BE #BE407C

square

#BBBE40 #40BE82 #4340BE #BE407C

split-complementary

#BBBE40 #407CBE #8240BE

monochromatic

#616221 #8E9031 #BBBE40 #CCCE6D #DCDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE40

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.145 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17c',
    500: '#bbbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe40;
$custom-light: #d3d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77594,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE40

secondary

#9290C9

accent

#4FD952

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE40

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

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