#BBB137#BBB137

#BBB137 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	#BBB137
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -10.52, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 61.30, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.035 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9068, 42.2863, 9.8317)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB137 #3741BB

analogous

#BB6F37 #BBB137 #83BB37

triadic

#BBB137 #37BBB1 #B137BB

tetradic

#BBB137 #37BB6F #3741BB #BB3783

square

#BBB137 #37BB6F #3741BB #BB3783

split-complementary

#BBB137 #3783BB #6F37BB

monochromatic

#5C571B #8C8429 #BBB137 #D0C75F #DED88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB137

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB137	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)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c876',
    500: '#bbb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb137;
$custom-light: #d3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB137

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB137

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

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