#BBBF3E#BBBF3E

#BBBF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.148 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF3E
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -17.28, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 63.95, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0533 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.148 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9951, 48.1752, 11.7484)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF3E #423EBF

analogous

#BF823E #BBBF3E #7BBF3E

triadic

#BBBF3E #3EBBBF #BF3EBB

tetradic

#BBBF3E #3EBF82 #423EBF #BF3E7B

square

#BBBF3E #3EBF82 #423EBF #BF3E7B

split-complementary

#BBBF3E #3E7BBF #823EBF

monochromatic

#616320 #8E912F #BBBF3E #CCCF6B #DCDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBBF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF3E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF3E	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.148 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27b',
    500: '#bbbf3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf3e;
$custom-light: #d3d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77798,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF3E

secondary

#918FCA

accent

#4DDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF3E

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

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