#BBB241#BBB241

#BBB241 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	#BBB241
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -10.48, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 57.71, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0338 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3695, 42.7886, 11.2906)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB241 #414ABB

analogous

#BB7541 #BBB241 #87BB41

triadic

#BBB241 #41BBB2 #B241BB

tetradic

#BBB241 #41BB75 #414ABB #BB4187

square

#BBB241 #41BB75 #414ABB #BB4187

split-complementary

#BBB241 #4187BB #7541BB

monochromatic

#605C21 #8E8731 #BBB241 #CCC56D #DCD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB241

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB241	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)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bbb241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb241;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB241

secondary

#9094C8

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB241

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

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