#BBB040#BBB040

#BBB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB040
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -9.50, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 57.38, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0311 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9457, 41.9870, 11.0077)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB040 #404BBB

analogous

#BB7340 #BBB040 #89BB40

triadic

#BBB040 #40BBB0 #B040BB

tetradic

#BBB040 #40BB73 #404BBB #BB4089

square

#BBB040 #40BB73 #404BBB #BB4089

split-complementary

#BBB040 #4089BB #7340BB

monochromatic

#605A21 #8D8530 #BBB040 #CDC46C #DCD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB040

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB040	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77b',
    500: '#bbb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb040;
$custom-light: #d3c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB040

secondary

#8F94C8

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB040

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

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