#BBBE44#BBBE44

#BBBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.143 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE44
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -16.43, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 61.19, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0503 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.143 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9516, 47.8101, 12.5914)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE44 #4744BE

analogous

#BE8444 #BBBE44 #7EBE44

triadic

#BBBE44 #44BBBE #BE44BB

tetradic

#BBBE44 #44BE84 #4744BE #BE447E

square

#BBBE44 #44BE84 #4744BE #BE447E

split-complementary

#BBBE44 #447EBE #8444BE

monochromatic

#636523 #909233 #BBBE44 #CCCE71 #DCDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE44

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE44	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.143 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17e',
    500: '#bbbe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe44;
$custom-light: #d2d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE44

secondary

#9594CA

accent

#50D853

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE44

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

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