#BBB332#BBB332

#BBB332 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB332
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -11.79, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 63.82, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.039 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.144 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1909, 43.0367, 9.3649)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB332 #323ABB

analogous

#BB6F32 #BBB332 #7FBB32

triadic

#BBB332 #32BBB3 #B332BB

tetradic

#BBB332 #32BB6F #323ABB #BB327F

square

#BBB332 #32BB6F #323ABB #BB327F

split-complementary

#BBB332 #327FBB #6F32BB

monochromatic

#5A5718 #8B8525 #BBB332 #D2CB58 #DFDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB332

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB332	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c973',
    500: '#bbb332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb332;
$custom-light: #d3c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75096,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB332

secondary

#8084C9

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB332

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

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