#BBB235#BBB235

#BBB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB235
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -11.13, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 62.39, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0369 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0580, 42.6640, 9.6504)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB235 #353EBB

analogous

#BB6F35 #BBB235 #81BB35

triadic

#BBB235 #35BBB2 #B235BB

tetradic

#BBB235 #35BB6F #353EBB #BB3581

square

#BBB235 #35BB6F #353EBB #BB3581

split-complementary

#BBB235 #3581BB #6F35BB

monochromatic

#5C571A #8B8527 #BBB235 #D1C95C #DED98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB235

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB235	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)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c875',
    500: '#bbb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb235;
$custom-light: #d3c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB235

secondary

#8388C9

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB235

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

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