#BBB33F#BBB33F

#BBB33F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB33F
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -11.12, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 58.90, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0358 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5122, 43.1652, 11.0574)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB33F #3F47BB

analogous

#BB753F #BBB33F #85BB3F

triadic

#BBB33F #3FBBB3 #B33FBB

tetradic

#BBB33F #3FBB75 #3F47BB #BB3F85

square

#BBB33F #3FBB75 #3F47BB #BB3F85

split-complementary

#BBB33F #3F85BB #753FBB

monochromatic

#5F5B20 #8D8730 #BBB33F #CDC76A #DCD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB33F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB33F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB33F

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB33F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB33F	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)

#C2AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb33f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97a',
    500: '#bbb33f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb33f;
$custom-light: #d3c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb33f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB33F

secondary

#8E91C8

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB33F

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

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