#BBB348#BBB348

#BBB348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB348
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -10.55, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 55.11, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0332 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.128 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.7846, 43.2742, 12.4921)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB348 #4850BB

analogous

#BB7948 #BBB348 #89BB48

triadic

#BBB348 #48BBB3 #B348BB

tetradic

#BBB348 #48BB79 #4850BB #BB4889

square

#BBB348 #48BB79 #4850BB #BB4889

split-complementary

#BBB348 #4889BB #7948BB

monochromatic

#645F25 #908A36 #BBB348 #CCC675 #DCD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB348

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB348	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)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c980',
    500: '#bbb348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb348;
$custom-light: #d2c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75275,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB348

secondary

#9699C9

accent

#5BD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB348

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

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