#BBB042#BBB042

#BBB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB042
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -9.38, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 56.55, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0306 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0036, 42.0102, 11.3128)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB042 #424DBB

analogous

#BB7342 #BBB042 #8ABB42

triadic

#BBB042 #42BBB0 #B042BB

tetradic

#BBB042 #42BB73 #424DBB #BB428A

square

#BBB042 #42BB73 #424DBB #BB428A

split-complementary

#BBB042 #428ABB #7342BB

monochromatic

#615B22 #8E8532 #BBB042 #CCC36E #DCD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB042

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB042	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77c',
    500: '#bbb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb042;
$custom-light: #d2c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB042

secondary

#9196C8

accent

#5DD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB042

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →