#BBB036#BBB036

#BBB036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB036
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -10.05, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 61.32, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0337 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6862, 41.8833, 9.6411)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB036 #3641BB

analogous

#BB6E36 #BBB036 #83BB36

triadic

#BBB036 #36BBB0 #B036BB

tetradic

#BBB036 #36BB6E #3641BB #BB3683

square

#BBB036 #36BB6E #3641BB #BB3683

split-complementary

#BBB036 #3683BB #6E36BB

monochromatic

#5C571B #8C8328 #BBB036 #D0C75E #DED78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBB036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB036

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB036	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c775',
    500: '#bbb036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb036;
$custom-light: #d3c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB036

secondary

#848AC9

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB036

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

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