#BBB346#BBB346

#BBB346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB346
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -10.68, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 55.98, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0338 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.13 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7205, 43.2485, 12.1540)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB346 #464EBB

analogous

#BB7846 #BBB346 #89BB46

triadic

#BBB346 #46BBB3 #B346BB

tetradic

#BBB346 #46BB78 #464EBB #BB4689

square

#BBB346 #46BB78 #464EBB #BB4689

split-complementary

#BBB346 #4689BB #7846BB

monochromatic

#625E24 #8F8935 #BBB346 #CBC573 #DCD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB346

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB346	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97e',
    500: '#bbb346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb346;
$custom-light: #d2c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB346

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB346

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

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