#BBB33A#BBB33A

#BBB33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB33A
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -11.39, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 60.87, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0371 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3788, 43.1118, 10.3546)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB33A #3A42BB

analogous

#BB723A #BBB33A #82BB3A

triadic

#BBB33A #3ABBB3 #B33ABB

tetradic

#BBB33A #3ABB72 #3A42BB #BB3A82

square

#BBB33A #3ABB72 #3A42BB #BB3A82

split-complementary

#BBB33A #3A82BB #723ABB

monochromatic

#5E5A1D #8C862C #BBB33A #CFC863 #DDD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB33A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB33A	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)

#C2AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c977',
    500: '#bbb33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb33a;
$custom-light: #d3c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB33A

secondary

#888CC8

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB33A

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

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