#BBB336#BBB336

#BBB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB336
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -11.60, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 62.38, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0381 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2810, 43.0727, 9.8394)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB336 #363EBB

analogous

#BB7136 #BBB336 #81BB36

triadic

#BBB336 #36BBB3 #B336BB

tetradic

#BBB336 #36BB71 #363EBB #BB3681

square

#BBB336 #36BB71 #363EBB #BB3681

split-complementary

#BBB336 #3681BB #7136BB

monochromatic

#5C581B #8C8628 #BBB336 #D0CA5E #DED98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB336

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB336	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)

#C3AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c975',
    500: '#bbb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb336;
$custom-light: #d3c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB336

secondary

#8488C9

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB336

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

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