#BBB333#BBB333

#BBB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB333
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -11.74, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 63.46, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0388 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2127, 43.0454, 9.4797)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB333 #333BBB

analogous

#BB6F33 #BBB333 #7FBB33

triadic

#BBB333 #33BBB3 #B333BB

tetradic

#BBB333 #33BB6F #333BBB #BB337F

square

#BBB333 #33BB6F #333BBB #BB337F

split-complementary

#BBB333 #337FBB #6F33BB

monochromatic

#5B5719 #8B8526 #BBB333 #D2CB59 #DFDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB333

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB333	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)

#C3AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c974',
    500: '#bbb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb333;
$custom-light: #d3c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB333

secondary

#8185C9

accent

#50E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB333

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

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