#BBB030#BBB030

#BBB030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.142 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB030
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -10.33, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 63.48, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0351 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5539, 41.8303, 8.9443)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB030 #303BBB

analogous

#BB6A30 #BBB030 #80BB30

triadic

#BBB030 #30BBB0 #B030BB

tetradic

#BBB030 #30BB6A #303BBB #BB3080

square

#BBB030 #30BB6A #303BBB #BB3080

split-complementary

#BBB030 #3080BB #6A30BB

monochromatic

#5A5417 #8A8223 #BBB030 #D3C955 #E0D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBB030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB030

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB030	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c772',
    500: '#bbb030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb030;
$custom-light: #d3c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB030

secondary

#7D83C9

accent

#52E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB030

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

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