#BBB237#BBB237

#BBB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB237
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -11.03, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 61.65, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0364 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1050, 42.6828, 9.8978)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB237 #3740BB

analogous

#BB7037 #BBB237 #82BB37

triadic

#BBB237 #37BBB2 #B237BB

tetradic

#BBB237 #37BB70 #3740BB #BB3782

square

#BBB237 #37BB70 #3740BB #BB3782

split-complementary

#BBB237 #3782BB #7037BB

monochromatic

#5C581B #8C8529 #BBB237 #D0C85F #DED88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB237

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB237	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c876',
    500: '#bbb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb237;
$custom-light: #d3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB237

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB237

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

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