#BBBE41#BBBE41

#BBBE41 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	#BBBE41
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -16.61, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 62.39, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0511 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.145 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8623, 47.7744, 12.1215)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE41 #4441BE

analogous

#BE8341 #BBBE41 #7CBE41

triadic

#BBBE41 #41BBBE #BE41BB

tetradic

#BBBE41 #41BE83 #4441BE #BE417C

square

#BBBE41 #41BE83 #4441BE #BE417C

split-complementary

#BBBE41 #417CBE #8341BE

monochromatic

#616322 #8E9031 #BBBE41 #CBCE6F #DCDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE41

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE41	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)

#CCB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.145 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17c',
    500: '#bbbe41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe41;
$custom-light: #d3d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77603,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE41

secondary

#9391C9

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE41

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

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