#BBB240#BBB240

#BBB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB240
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -10.54, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 58.12, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0341 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3407, 42.7771, 11.1394)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB240 #4049BB

analogous

#BB7540 #BBB240 #87BB40

triadic

#BBB240 #40BBB2 #B240BB

tetradic

#BBB240 #40BB75 #4049BB #BB4087

square

#BBB240 #40BB75 #4049BB #BB4087

split-complementary

#BBB240 #4087BB #7540BB

monochromatic

#605B21 #8D8730 #BBB240 #CDC56C #DCD799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB240

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB240	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bbb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb240;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB240

secondary

#8F93C8

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB240

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

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