#BBB243#BBB243

#BBB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB243
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -10.36, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 56.87, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0332 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4284, 42.8122, 11.6011)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB243 #434CBB

analogous

#BB7643 #BBB243 #88BB43

triadic

#BBB243 #43BBB2 #B243BB

tetradic

#BBB243 #43BB76 #434CBB #BB4388

square

#BBB243 #43BB76 #434CBB #BB4388

split-complementary

#BBB243 #4388BB #7643BB

monochromatic

#615C23 #8E8733 #BBB243 #CCC570 #DCD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB243

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB243	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bbb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb243;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB243

secondary

#9296C8

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB243

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

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