#BBB136#BBB136

#BBB136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB136
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -10.57, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 61.67, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0352 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8830, 42.2768, 9.7067)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB136 #3640BB

analogous

#BB6F36 #BBB136 #82BB36

triadic

#BBB136 #36BBB1 #B136BB

tetradic

#BBB136 #36BB6F #3640BB #BB3682

square

#BBB136 #36BB6F #3640BB #BB3682

split-complementary

#BBB136 #3682BB #6F36BB

monochromatic

#5C571B #8C8428 #BBB136 #D0C85E #DED88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBB136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB136

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB136	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c875',
    500: '#bbb136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb136;
$custom-light: #d3c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB136

secondary

#8489C9

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB136

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

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