#BBBE42#BBBE42

#BBBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE42
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -16.55, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 61.99, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0508 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.144 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8916, 47.7861, 12.2755)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE42 #4542BE

analogous

#BE8342 #BBBE42 #7DBE42

triadic

#BBBE42 #42BBBE #BE42BB

tetradic

#BBBE42 #42BE83 #4542BE #BE427D

square

#BBBE42 #42BE83 #4542BE #BE427D

split-complementary

#BBBE42 #427DBE #8342BE

monochromatic

#626322 #8F9132 #BBBE42 #CBCE70 #DCDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE42

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE42	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17d',
    500: '#bbbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe42;
$custom-light: #d2d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE42

secondary

#9492CA

accent

#4FD853

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE42

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

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