#BBB03B#BBB03B

#BBB03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB03B
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -9.79, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 59.41, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0325 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8098, 41.9327, 10.2917)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB03B #3B46BB

analogous

#BB703B #BBB03B #86BB3B

triadic

#BBB03B #3BBBB0 #B03BBB

tetradic

#BBB03B #3BBB70 #3B46BB #BB3B86

square

#BBB03B #3BBB70 #3B46BB #BB3B86

split-complementary

#BBB03B #3B86BB #703BBB

monochromatic

#5E581E #8C842C #BBB03B #CEC565 #DDD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBB03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBB03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB03B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB03B	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c778',
    500: '#bbb03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb03b;
$custom-light: #d3c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB03B

secondary

#8A8FC8

accent

#59DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB03B

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

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