#BBB34D#BBB34D

#BBB34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB34D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -10.20, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 52.90, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0316 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.124 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9544, 43.3421, 13.3863)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB34D #4D55BB

analogous

#BB7C4D #BBB34D #8CBB4D

triadic

#BBB34D #4DBBB3 #B34DBB

tetradic

#BBB34D #4DBB7C #4D55BB #BB4D8C

square

#BBB34D #4DBB7C #4D55BB #BB4D8C

split-complementary

#BBB34D #4D8CBB #7C4DBB

monochromatic

#666227 #938C38 #BBB34D #CCC679 #DDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBB34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB34D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB34D	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c983',
    500: '#bbb34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb34d;
$custom-light: #d2c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB34D

secondary

#9A9DCA

accent

#5DD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB34D

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

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