#BBB41E#BBB41E

#BBB41E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.154 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB41E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -13.03, 68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 70.06, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0441 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.154 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0507, 43.3025, 7.6346)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB41E #1E25BB

analogous

#BB661E #BBB41E #73BB1E

triadic

#BBB41E #1EBBB4 #B41EBB

tetradic

#BBB41E #1EBB66 #1E25BB #BB1E73

square

#BBB41E #1EBB66 #1E25BB #BB1E73

split-complementary

#BBB41E #1E73BB #661EBB

monochromatic

#524E0D #868116 #BBB41E #DFD737 #E7E26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB41E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBB41E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB41E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB41E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB41E	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)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb41e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.154 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca6b',
    500: '#bbb41e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb41e;
$custom-light: #d4ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb41e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB41E

secondary

#676CCD

accent

#41EF39

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB41E

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

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