#BBB043#BBB043

#BBB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB043
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -9.32, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 56.13, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0303 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0334, 42.0221, 11.4694)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB043 #434EBB

analogous

#BB7443 #BBB043 #8ABB43

triadic

#BBB043 #43BBB0 #B043BB

tetradic

#BBB043 #43BB74 #434EBB #BB438A

square

#BBB043 #43BB74 #434EBB #BB438A

split-complementary

#BBB043 #438ABB #7443BB

monochromatic

#615B23 #8E8633 #BBB043 #CCC370 #DCD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB043

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB043	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)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77c',
    500: '#bbb043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb043;
$custom-light: #d2c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB043

secondary

#9297C8

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB043

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

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