#BBB349#BBB349

#BBB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB349
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -10.48, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 54.68, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0329 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.8175, 43.2873, 12.6653)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB349 #4951BB

analogous

#BB7A49 #BBB349 #8ABB49

triadic

#BBB349 #49BBB3 #B349BB

tetradic

#BBB349 #49BB7A #4951BB #BB498A

square

#BBB349 #49BB7A #4951BB #BB498A

split-complementary

#BBB349 #498ABB #7A49BB

monochromatic

#646025 #918A36 #BBB349 #CCC676 #DCD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB349

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB349	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c980',
    500: '#bbb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb349;
$custom-light: #d2c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75285,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB349

secondary

#979AC9

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB349

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

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