#BBB133#BBB133

#BBB133 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB133
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -10.71, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 62.77, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0359 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8147, 42.2495, 9.3471)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB133 #333DBB

analogous

#BB6D33 #BBB133 #81BB33

triadic

#BBB133 #33BBB1 #B133BB

tetradic

#BBB133 #33BB6D #333DBB #BB3381

square

#BBB133 #33BB6D #333DBB #BB3381

split-complementary

#BBB133 #3381BB #6D33BB

monochromatic

#5B5619 #8B8326 #BBB133 #D2C959 #DFD989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB133 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBB133 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB133

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB133	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB133	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb133;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c874',
    500: '#bbb133',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb133;
$custom-light: #d3c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb133",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB133

secondary

#8186C9

accent

#53E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB133

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

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