#BBBF41#BBBF41

#BBBF41 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	#BBBF41
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -17.11, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 62.79, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0525 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.146 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0797, 48.2091, 12.1940)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF41 #4541BF

analogous

#BF8441 #BBBF41 #7CBF41

triadic

#BBBF41 #41BBBF #BF41BB

tetradic

#BBBF41 #41BF84 #4541BF #BF417C

square

#BBBF41 #41BF84 #4541BF #BF417C

split-complementary

#BBBF41 #417CBF #8441BF

monochromatic

#626422 #8F9231 #BBBF41 #CBCE6F #DCDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF41

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF41	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)

#CDB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.146 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bbbf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf41;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF41

secondary

#9492CA

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF41

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

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