#BBBE4A#BBBE4A

#BBBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.138 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE4A
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -16.04, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 58.72, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0485 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.138 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1441, 47.8871, 13.6057)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE4A #4D4ABE

analogous

#BE874A #BBBE4A #81BE4A

triadic

#BBBE4A #4ABBBE #BE4ABB

tetradic

#BBBE4A #4ABE87 #4D4ABE #BE4A81

square

#BBBE4A #4ABE87 #4D4ABE #BE4A81

split-complementary

#BBBE4A #4A81BE #874ABE

monochromatic

#666825 #939536 #BBBE4A #CCCE77 #DDDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE4A

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE4A	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.138 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d182',
    500: '#bbbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe4a;
$custom-light: #d2d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77682,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE4A

secondary

#9A98CB

accent

#51D754

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE4A

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

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