#BBB037#BBB037

#BBB037 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	#BBB037
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -10.00, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 60.95, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0335 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7100, 41.8928, 9.7661)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB037 #3742BB

analogous

#BB6E37 #BBB037 #84BB37

triadic

#BBB037 #37BBB0 #B037BB

tetradic

#BBB037 #37BB6E #3742BB #BB3784

square

#BBB037 #37BB6E #3742BB #BB3784

split-complementary

#BBB037 #3784BB #6E37BB

monochromatic

#5C571B #8C8329 #BBB037 #D0C75F #DED78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB037

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB037	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)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c776',
    500: '#bbb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb037;
$custom-light: #d3c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB037

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB037

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

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