#BBB230#BBB230

#BBB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB230
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -11.36, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 64.16, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.038 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9490, 42.6204, 9.0760)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB230 #3039BB

analogous

#BB6C30 #BBB230 #7EBB30

triadic

#BBB230 #30BBB2 #B230BB

tetradic

#BBB230 #30BB6C #3039BB #BB307E

square

#BBB230 #30BB6C #3039BB #BB307E

split-complementary

#BBB230 #307EBB #6C30BB

monochromatic

#5A5517 #8A8423 #BBB230 #D3CB55 #E0DA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB230

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB230	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c872',
    500: '#bbb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb230;
$custom-light: #d3c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB230

secondary

#7D82C9

accent

#50E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB230

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

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