#BBB232#BBB232

#BBB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB232
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -11.27, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 63.47, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0376 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9912, 42.6373, 9.2983)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB232 #323BBB

analogous

#BB6E32 #BBB232 #80BB32

triadic

#BBB232 #32BBB2 #B232BB

tetradic

#BBB232 #32BB6E #323BBB #BB3280

square

#BBB232 #32BB6E #323BBB #BB3280

split-complementary

#BBB232 #3280BB #6E32BB

monochromatic

#5A5618 #8B8425 #BBB232 #D2CA58 #DFDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB232

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB232	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c873',
    500: '#bbb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb232;
$custom-light: #d3c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74879,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB232

secondary

#8085C9

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB232

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

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