#BBBF3B#BBBF3B

#BBBF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF3B
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -17.45, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 65.07, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.054 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.15 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9150, 48.1432, 11.3268)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF3B #3F3BBF

analogous

#BF813B #BBBF3B #79BF3B

triadic

#BBBF3B #3BBBBF #BF3BBB

tetradic

#BBBF3B #3BBF81 #3F3BBF #BF3B79

square

#BBBF3B #3BBF81 #3F3BBF #BF3B79

split-complementary

#BBBF3B #3B79BF #813BBF

monochromatic

#5F611E #8D902D #BBBF3B #CDD067 #DCDF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF3B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF3B	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d279',
    500: '#bbbf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf3b;
$custom-light: #d3d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF3B

secondary

#8E8CCA

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF3B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →