#BBB238#BBB238

#BBB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB238
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -10.98, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 61.28, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0362 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1292, 42.6925, 10.0253)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB238 #3841BB

analogous

#BB7138 #BBB238 #82BB38

triadic

#BBB238 #38BBB2 #B238BB

tetradic

#BBB238 #38BB71 #3841BB #BB3882

square

#BBB238 #38BB71 #3841BB #BB3882

split-complementary

#BBB238 #3882BB #7138BB

monochromatic

#5D581C #8C852A #BBB238 #D0C861 #DED890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB238

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB238	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)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c876',
    500: '#bbb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb238;
$custom-light: #d3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB238

secondary

#868BC8

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB238

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

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