#BBB233#BBB233

#BBB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB233
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -11.23, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 63.11, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0374 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0130, 42.6460, 9.4132)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB233 #333CBB

analogous

#BB6E33 #BBB233 #80BB33

triadic

#BBB233 #33BBB2 #B233BB

tetradic

#BBB233 #33BB6E #333CBB #BB3380

square

#BBB233 #33BB6E #333CBB #BB3380

split-complementary

#BBB233 #3380BB #6E33BB

monochromatic

#5B5619 #8B8426 #BBB233 #D2CA59 #DFD989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB233

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB233	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)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c874',
    500: '#bbb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb233;
$custom-light: #d3c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB233

secondary

#8186C9

accent

#52E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB233

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

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