#BBB32E#BBB32E

#BBB32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB32E
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -11.96, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 65.17, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0399 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.146 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1083, 43.0037, 8.9301)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB32E #2E36BB

analogous

#BB6C2E #BBB32E #7CBB2E

triadic

#BBB32E #2EBBB3 #B32EBB

tetradic

#BBB32E #2EBB6C #2E36BB #BB2E7C

square

#BBB32E #2EBB6C #2E36BB #BB2E7C

split-complementary

#BBB32E #2E7CBB #6C2EBB

monochromatic

#595516 #8A8422 #BBB32E #D4CD52 #E0DB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB32E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB32E	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c971',
    500: '#bbb32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb32e;
$custom-light: #d3c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75071,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB32E

secondary

#7B80CA

accent

#4DE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB32E

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

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