#BBB34B#BBB34B

#BBB34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB34B
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -10.34, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 53.79, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0323 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8849, 43.3143, 13.0201)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB34B #4B53BB

analogous

#BB7B4B #BBB34B #8BBB4B

triadic

#BBB34B #4BBBB3 #B34BBB

tetradic

#BBB34B #4BBB7B #4B53BB #BB4B8B

square

#BBB34B #4BBB7B #4B53BB #BB4B8B

split-complementary

#BBB34B #4B8BBB #7B4BBB

monochromatic

#656126 #928B37 #BBB34B #CCC677 #DDD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBB34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB34B

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB34B	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)

#C1AD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c981',
    500: '#bbb34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb34b;
$custom-light: #d2c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB34B

secondary

#989CCA

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB34B

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

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