#BBB041#BBB041

#BBB041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB041
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.44, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 56.97, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0308 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9744, 41.9985, 11.1589)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB041 #414CBB

analogous

#BB7341 #BBB041 #89BB41

triadic

#BBB041 #41BBB0 #B041BB

tetradic

#BBB041 #41BB73 #414CBB #BB4189

square

#BBB041 #41BB73 #414CBB #BB4189

split-complementary

#BBB041 #4189BB #7341BB

monochromatic

#605B21 #8E8531 #BBB041 #CCC46D #DCD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBB041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB041

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB041	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77b',
    500: '#bbb041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb041;
$custom-light: #d3c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB041

secondary

#9095C8

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB041

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

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