#BBB33C#BBB33C

#BBB33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB33C
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -11.29, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 60.10, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0366 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4307, 43.1326, 10.6278)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB33C #3C44BB

analogous

#BB733C #BBB33C #83BB3C

triadic

#BBB33C #3CBBB3 #B33CBB

tetradic

#BBB33C #3CBB73 #3C44BB #BB3C83

square

#BBB33C #3CBB73 #3C44BB #BB3C83

split-complementary

#BBB33C #3C83BB #733CBB

monochromatic

#5E5A1E #8D872D #BBB33C #CEC766 #DDD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB33C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB33C	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c979',
    500: '#bbb33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb33c;
$custom-light: #d3c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB33C

secondary

#8B8EC8

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB33C

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

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