#BBBF42#BBBF42

#BBBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.145 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF42
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -17.05, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 62.40, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0522 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.145 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1089, 48.2207, 12.3479)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF42 #4642BF

analogous

#BF8442 #BBBF42 #7CBF42

triadic

#BBBF42 #42BBBF #BF42BB

tetradic

#BBBF42 #42BF84 #4642BF #BF427C

square

#BBBF42 #42BF84 #4642BF #BF427C

split-complementary

#BBBF42 #427CBF #8442BF

monochromatic

#626522 #8F9232 #BBBF42 #CBCE70 #DCDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF42

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF42	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)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.145 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d27d',
    500: '#bbbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf42;
$custom-light: #d2d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF42

secondary

#9493CA

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →