#BBB339#BBB339

#BBB339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB339
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -11.45, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 61.26, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0374 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3536, 43.1018, 10.2220)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB339 #3941BB

analogous

#BB7239 #BBB339 #82BB39

triadic

#BBB339 #39BBB3 #B339BB

tetradic

#BBB339 #39BB72 #3941BB #BB3982

square

#BBB339 #39BB72 #3941BB #BB3982

split-complementary

#BBB339 #3982BB #7239BB

monochromatic

#5D591C #8C862B #BBB339 #CFC862 #DDD991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB339

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB339	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c977',
    500: '#bbb339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb339;
$custom-light: #d3c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB339

secondary

#878BC8

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB339

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →