#BBBF37#BBBF37

#BBBF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.152 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF37
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -17.65, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 66.51, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.055 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.152 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8152, 48.1033, 10.8012)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF37 #3B37BF

analogous

#BF7F37 #BBBF37 #77BF37

triadic

#BBBF37 #37BBBF #BF37BB

tetradic

#BBBF37 #37BF7F #3B37BF #BF3777

square

#BBBF37 #37BF7F #3B37BF #BF3777

split-complementary

#BBBF37 #3777BF #7F37BF

monochromatic

#5E601C #8C8F29 #BBBF37 #CED262 #DDDF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF37

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF37	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)

#CEB61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.152 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d277',
    500: '#bbbf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf37;
$custom-light: #d3d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77747,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF37

secondary

#8A88CA

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF37

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

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