#BBB330#BBB330

#BBB330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB330
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -11.88, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 64.50, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0395 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1487, 43.0198, 9.1426)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB330 #3038BB

analogous

#BB6D30 #BBB330 #7DBB30

triadic

#BBB330 #30BBB3 #B330BB

tetradic

#BBB330 #30BB6D #3038BB #BB307D

square

#BBB330 #30BB6D #3038BB #BB307D

split-complementary

#BBB330 #307DBB #6D30BB

monochromatic

#5A5617 #8A8423 #BBB330 #D3CC55 #E0DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB330

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB330	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)

#C3AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c972',
    500: '#bbb330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb330;
$custom-light: #d3c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75083,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB330

secondary

#7D82C9

accent

#4EE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB330

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

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