#BBB347#BBB347

#BBB347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB347
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -10.61, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 55.55, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0335 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7523, 43.2612, 12.3216)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB347 #474FBB

analogous

#BB7947 #BBB347 #89BB47

triadic

#BBB347 #47BBB3 #B347BB

tetradic

#BBB347 #47BB79 #474FBB #BB4789

square

#BBB347 #47BB79 #474FBB #BB4789

split-complementary

#BBB347 #4789BB #7947BB

monochromatic

#635F25 #908935 #BBB347 #CCC574 #DCD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB347

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB347	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)

#C2AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97f',
    500: '#bbb347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb347;
$custom-light: #d2c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB347

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB347

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

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