#BBB42E#BBB42E

#BBB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.147 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB42E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -12.48, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 65.52, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0414 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.147 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3095, 43.4059, 8.9971)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB42E #2E35BB

analogous

#BB6D2E #BBB42E #7BBB2E

triadic

#BBB42E #2EBBB4 #B42EBB

tetradic

#BBB42E #2EBB6D #2E35BB #BB2E7B

square

#BBB42E #2EBB6D #2E35BB #BB2E7B

split-complementary

#BBB42E #2E7BBB #6D2EBB

monochromatic

#595516 #8A8522 #BBB42E #D4CE52 #E0DC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB42E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB42E	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)

#C4AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.147 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca71',
    500: '#bbb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb42e;
$custom-light: #d3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB42E

secondary

#7B7FCA

accent

#4CE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB42E

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

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