#BBB13B#BBB13B

#BBB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB13B
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -10.31, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 59.76, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.034 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0066, 42.3263, 10.3573)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB13B #3B45BB

analogous

#BB713B #BBB13B #85BB3B

triadic

#BBB13B #3BBBB1 #B13BBB

tetradic

#BBB13B #3BBB71 #3B45BB #BB3B85

square

#BBB13B #3BBB71 #3B45BB #BB3B85

split-complementary

#BBB13B #3B85BB #713BBB

monochromatic

#5E591E #8C852C #BBB13B #CEC665 #DDD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BBB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB13B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB13B	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c878',
    500: '#bbb13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb13b;
$custom-light: #d3c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB13B

secondary

#8A8EC8

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB13B

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

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