#BBB33D#BBB33D

#BBB33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB33D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -11.23, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 59.70, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0363 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4574, 43.1433, 10.7684)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB33D #3D45BB

analogous

#BB743D #BBB33D #84BB3D

triadic

#BBB33D #3DBBB3 #B33DBB

tetradic

#BBB33D #3DBB74 #3D45BB #BB3D84

square

#BBB33D #3DBB74 #3D45BB #BB3D84

split-complementary

#BBB33D #3D84BB #743DBB

monochromatic

#5F5B1F #8D872E #BBB33D #CEC768 #DDD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB33D

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB33D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c979',
    500: '#bbb33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb33d;
$custom-light: #d3c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB33D

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB33D

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

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