#BBB236#BBB236

#BBB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB236
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -11.08, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 62.03, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0367 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0813, 42.6733, 9.7728)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB236 #363FBB

analogous

#BB7036 #BBB236 #81BB36

triadic

#BBB236 #36BBB2 #B236BB

tetradic

#BBB236 #36BB70 #363FBB #BB3681

square

#BBB236 #36BB70 #363FBB #BB3681

split-complementary

#BBB236 #3681BB #7036BB

monochromatic

#5C581B #8C8528 #BBB236 #D0C95E #DED98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB236

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB236	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)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c875',
    500: '#bbb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb236;
$custom-light: #d3c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB236

secondary

#8489C9

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB236

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

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