#BBB035#BBB035

#BBB035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB035
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -10.10, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 61.70, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.034 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6630, 41.8740, 9.5187)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB035 #3540BB

analogous

#BB6D35 #BBB035 #83BB35

triadic

#BBB035 #35BBB0 #B035BB

tetradic

#BBB035 #35BB6D #3540BB #BB3583

square

#BBB035 #35BB6D #3540BB #BB3583

split-complementary

#BBB035 #3583BB #6D35BB

monochromatic

#5C561A #8B8327 #BBB035 #D1C75C #DED88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBB035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB035

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB035	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)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c774',
    500: '#bbb035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb035;
$custom-light: #d3c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74468,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB035

secondary

#8389C9

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB035

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

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