#BBB335#BBB335

#BBB335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB335
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -11.65, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 62.75, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0384 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2577, 43.0634, 9.7170)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB335 #353DBB

analogous

#BB7035 #BBB335 #80BB35

triadic

#BBB335 #35BBB3 #B335BB

tetradic

#BBB335 #35BB70 #353DBB #BB3580

square

#BBB335 #35BB70 #353DBB #BB3580

split-complementary

#BBB335 #3580BB #7035BB

monochromatic

#5C581A #8B8527 #BBB335 #D1CA5C #DED98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB335

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB335	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C3AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c975',
    500: '#bbb335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb335;
$custom-light: #d3c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB335

secondary

#8387C9

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB335

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

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