#BBB242#BBB242

#BBB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB242
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -10.42, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 57.29, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0335 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3987, 42.8003, 11.4445)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB242 #424BBB

analogous

#BB7642 #BBB242 #88BB42

triadic

#BBB242 #42BBB2 #B242BB

tetradic

#BBB242 #42BB76 #424BBB #BB4288

square

#BBB242 #42BB76 #424BBB #BB4288

split-complementary

#BBB242 #4288BB #7642BB

monochromatic

#615C22 #8E8732 #BBB242 #CCC56E #DCD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB242

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB242	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bbb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb242;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB242

secondary

#9195C8

accent

#5AD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB242

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

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