#BBBF33#BBBF33

#BBBF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.155 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF33
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -17.84, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 67.88, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0559 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.155 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7232, 48.0665, 10.3166)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF33 #3733BF

analogous

#BF7D33 #BBBF33 #75BF33

triadic

#BBBF33 #33BBBF #BF33BB

tetradic

#BBBF33 #33BF7D #3733BF #BF3375

square

#BBBF33 #33BF7D #3733BF #BF3375

split-complementary

#BBBF33 #3375BF #7D33BF

monochromatic

#5C5E19 #8C8F26 #BBBF33 #D0D35C #DEE08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBBF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF33

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF33	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.155 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d275',
    500: '#bbbf33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf33;
$custom-light: #d3d275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77721,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF33

secondary

#8583CB

accent

#47E14B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF33

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

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