#BBB33E#BBB33E

#BBB33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB33E
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -11.17, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 59.30, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0361 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4845, 43.1541, 10.9116)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB33E #3E46BB

analogous

#BB753E #BBB33E #85BB3E

triadic

#BBB33E #3EBBB3 #B33EBB

tetradic

#BBB33E #3EBB75 #3E46BB #BB3E85

square

#BBB33E #3EBB75 #3E46BB #BB3E85

split-complementary

#BBB33E #3E85BB #753EBB

monochromatic

#5F5B20 #8D872F #BBB33E #CDC769 #DCD897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB33E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB33E	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)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97a',
    500: '#bbb33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb33e;
$custom-light: #d3c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75184,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB33E

secondary

#8D90C8

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB33E

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

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