#BBB234#BBB234

#BBB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; 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	#BBB234
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -11.18, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 62.76, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0371 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0353, 42.6549, 9.5305)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB234 #343DBB

analogous

#BB6F34 #BBB234 #81BB34

triadic

#BBB234 #34BBB2 #B234BB

tetradic

#BBB234 #34BB6F #343DBB #BB3481

square

#BBB234 #34BB6F #343DBB #BB3481

split-complementary

#BBB234 #3481BB #6F34BB

monochromatic

#5B5719 #8B8427 #BBB234 #D1C95B #DFD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB234

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB234	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)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c874',
    500: '#bbb234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb234;
$custom-light: #d3c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB234

secondary

#8287C9

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB234

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

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