#BBBF38#BBBF38

#BBBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.152 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF38
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -17.60, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 66.16, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0548 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.152 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8394, 48.1130, 10.9287)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF38 #3C38BF

analogous

#BF7F38 #BBBF38 #77BF38

triadic

#BBBF38 #38BBBF #BF38BB

tetradic

#BBBF38 #38BF7F #3C38BF #BF3877

square

#BBBF38 #38BF7F #3C38BF #BF3877

split-complementary

#BBBF38 #3877BF #7F38BF

monochromatic

#5E601C #8D902A #BBBF38 #CED163 #DDDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF38

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF38	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)

#CEB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.152 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d278',
    500: '#bbbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf38;
$custom-light: #d3d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77754,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF38

secondary

#8B89CA

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF38

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

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