#BBB139#BBB139

#BBB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB139
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -10.41, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 60.54, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0345 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9557, 42.3059, 10.0893)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB139 #3943BB

analogous

#BB7039 #BBB139 #84BB39

triadic

#BBB139 #39BBB1 #B139BB

tetradic

#BBB139 #39BB70 #3943BB #BB3984

square

#BBB139 #39BB70 #3943BB #BB3984

split-complementary

#BBB139 #3984BB #7039BB

monochromatic

#5D581C #8C852B #BBB139 #CFC762 #DDD891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB139

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB139	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)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c877',
    500: '#bbb139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb139;
$custom-light: #d3c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74713,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB139

secondary

#878CC8

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB139

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

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