#BBB131#BBB131

#BBB131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.142 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB131
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -10.80, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 63.47, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0364 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.142 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7716, 42.2323, 9.1198)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB131 #313BBB

analogous

#BB6C31 #BBB131 #80BB31

triadic

#BBB131 #31BBB1 #B131BB

tetradic

#BBB131 #31BB6C #313BBB #BB3180

square

#BBB131 #31BB6C #313BBB #BB3180

split-complementary

#BBB131 #3180BB #6C31BB

monochromatic

#5A5518 #8B8324 #BBB131 #D3CA56 #E0D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBB131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB131

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB131	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.142 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c873',
    500: '#bbb131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb131;
$custom-light: #d3c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB131

secondary

#7F84C9

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB131

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

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