#BBBF40#BBBF40

#BBBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.146 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF40
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -17.17, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 63.18, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0528 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.146 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0510, 48.1976, 12.0428)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF40 #4440BF

analogous

#BF8440 #BBBF40 #7BBF40

triadic

#BBBF40 #40BBBF #BF40BB

tetradic

#BBBF40 #40BF84 #4440BF #BF407B

square

#BBBF40 #40BF84 #4440BF #BF407B

split-complementary

#BBBF40 #407BBF #8440BF

monochromatic

#616321 #8E9131 #BBBF40 #CBCE6E #DCDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF40

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF40	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.146 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bbbf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf40;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77814,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF40

secondary

#9391CA

accent

#4ED953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF40

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

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