#BBB031#BBB031

#BBB031 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	#BBB031
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -10.29, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 63.13, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0349 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5748, 41.8387, 9.0542)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB031 #313CBB

analogous

#BB6B31 #BBB031 #81BB31

triadic

#BBB031 #31BBB0 #B031BB

tetradic

#BBB031 #31BB6B #313CBB #BB3181

square

#BBB031 #31BB6B #313CBB #BB3181

split-complementary

#BBB031 #3181BB #6B31BB

monochromatic

#5A5518 #8B8224 #BBB031 #D3C956 #E0D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBB031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB031

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB031	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)

#C0AA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c772',
    500: '#bbb031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb031;
$custom-light: #d3c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB031

secondary

#7F85C9

accent

#53E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB031

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

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