#BBB342#BBB342

#BBB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB342
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -10.94, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 57.67, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.035 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5984, 43.1997, 11.5111)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB342 #424ABB

analogous

#BB7742 #BBB342 #87BB42

triadic

#BBB342 #42BBB3 #B342BB

tetradic

#BBB342 #42BB77 #424ABB #BB4287

square

#BBB342 #42BB77 #424ABB #BB4287

split-complementary

#BBB342 #4287BB #7742BB

monochromatic

#615C22 #8E8832 #BBB342 #CCC66E #DCD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB342

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB342	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)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97c',
    500: '#bbb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb342;
$custom-light: #d2c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB342

secondary

#9194C8

accent

#59D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB342

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

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