#BBB142#BBB142

#BBB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB142
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -9.90, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 56.92, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.032 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2004, 42.4038, 11.3784)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB142 #424CBB

analogous

#BB7442 #BBB142 #89BB42

triadic

#BBB142 #42BBB1 #B142BB

tetradic

#BBB142 #42BB74 #424CBB #BB4289

square

#BBB142 #42BB74 #424CBB #BB4289

split-complementary

#BBB142 #4289BB #7442BB

monochromatic

#615B22 #8E8632 #BBB142 #CCC46E #DCD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB142

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB142	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bbb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb142;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB142

secondary

#9195C8

accent

#5CD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB142

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

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