#BBB039#BBB039

#BBB039 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	#BBB039
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -9.89, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 60.19, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.033 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.7589, 41.9123, 10.0237)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB039 #3944BB

analogous

#BB6F39 #BBB039 #85BB39

triadic

#BBB039 #39BBB0 #B039BB

tetradic

#BBB039 #39BB6F #3944BB #BB3985

square

#BBB039 #39BB6F #3944BB #BB3985

split-complementary

#BBB039 #3985BB #6F39BB

monochromatic

#5D581C #8C842B #BBB039 #CFC662 #DDD791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB039

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB039	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c777',
    500: '#bbb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb039;
$custom-light: #d3c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74497,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB039

secondary

#878DC8

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB039

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

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