#BBB140#BBB140

#BBB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB140
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -10.02, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 57.75, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0326 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.132 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1425, 42.3806, 11.0733)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB140 #404ABB

analogous

#BB7440 #BBB140 #88BB40

triadic

#BBB140 #40BBB1 #B140BB

tetradic

#BBB140 #40BB74 #404ABB #BB4088

square

#BBB140 #40BB74 #404ABB #BB4088

split-complementary

#BBB140 #4088BB #7440BB

monochromatic

#605B21 #8D8630 #BBB140 #CDC56C #DCD799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB140

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB140	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bbb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb140;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB140

secondary

#8F93C8

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB140

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

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