#BBBF35#BBBF35

#BBBF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.154 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF35
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -17.75, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 67.20, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0554 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.154 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7683, 48.0845, 10.5538)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF35 #3935BF

analogous

#BF7E35 #BBBF35 #76BF35

triadic

#BBBF35 #35BBBF #BF35BB

tetradic

#BBBF35 #35BF7E #3935BF #BF3576

square

#BBBF35 #35BF7E #3935BF #BF3576

split-complementary

#BBBF35 #3576BF #7E35BF

monochromatic

#5D5F1A #8C8F28 #BBBF35 #CFD35F #DDE08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF35

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF35	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.154 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d276',
    500: '#bbbf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf35;
$custom-light: #d3d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77734,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF35

secondary

#8785CA

accent

#48E04C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF35

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

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