#BBB350#BBB350

#BBB350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB350
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -9.97, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 51.54, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0307 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0628, 43.3854, 13.9571)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB350 #5058BB

analogous

#BB7E50 #BBB350 #8EBB50

triadic

#BBB350 #50BBB3 #B350BB

tetradic

#BBB350 #50BB7E #5058BB #BB508E

square

#BBB350 #50BB7E #5058BB #BB508E

split-complementary

#BBB350 #508EBB #7E50BB

monochromatic

#686328 #948D3A #BBB350 #CCC67C #DDD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB350

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB350	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c984',
    500: '#bbb350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb350;
$custom-light: #d2c984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB350

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB350

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

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