#BBB351#BBB351

#BBB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB351
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -9.89, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 51.08, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0303 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1000, 43.4003, 14.1531)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB351 #5159BB

analogous

#BB7E51 #BBB351 #8EBB51

triadic

#BBB351 #51BBB3 #B351BB

tetradic

#BBB351 #51BB7E #5159BB #BB518E

square

#BBB351 #51BB7E #5159BB #BB518E

split-complementary

#BBB351 #518EBB #7E51BB

monochromatic

#696429 #958E3A #BBB351 #CCC67D #DDD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB351

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB351	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c985',
    500: '#bbb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb351;
$custom-light: #d2c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7537,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB351

secondary

#9DA0CB

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB351

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

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