#BBB038#BBB038

#BBB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB038
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -9.95, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 60.57, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0333 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.7342, 41.9024, 9.8936)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB038 #3843BB

analogous

#BB6F38 #BBB038 #84BB38

triadic

#BBB038 #38BBB0 #B038BB

tetradic

#BBB038 #38BB6F #3843BB #BB3884

square

#BBB038 #38BB6F #3843BB #BB3884

split-complementary

#BBB038 #3884BB #6F38BB

monochromatic

#5D571C #8C842A #BBB038 #D0C661 #DED790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB038

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB038	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c776',
    500: '#bbb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb038;
$custom-light: #d3c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB038

secondary

#868CC8

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB038

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

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