#BBB340#BBB340

#BBB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB340
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -11.06, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 58.49, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0355 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5404, 43.1765, 11.2059)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB340 #4048BB

analogous

#BB7640 #BBB340 #85BB40

triadic

#BBB340 #40BBB3 #B340BB

tetradic

#BBB340 #40BB76 #4048BB #BB4085

square

#BBB340 #40BB76 #4048BB #BB4085

split-complementary

#BBB340 #4085BB #7640BB

monochromatic

#605C21 #8D8730 #BBB340 #CDC66C #DCD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB340

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB340	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97b',
    500: '#bbb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb340;
$custom-light: #d3c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB340

secondary

#8F92C8

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB340

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

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