#BBB138#BBB138

#BBB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB138
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -10.47, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 60.92, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0347 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9310, 42.2960, 9.9592)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB138 #3842BB

analogous

#BB7038 #BBB138 #83BB38

triadic

#BBB138 #38BBB1 #B138BB

tetradic

#BBB138 #38BB70 #3842BB #BB3883

square

#BBB138 #38BB70 #3842BB #BB3883

split-complementary

#BBB138 #3883BB #7038BB

monochromatic

#5D581C #8C842A #BBB138 #D0C761 #DED890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB138

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB138	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c876',
    500: '#bbb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb138;
$custom-light: #d3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB138

secondary

#868BC8

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB138

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

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