#BBB430#BBB430

#BBB430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.146 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB430
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -12.39, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 64.85, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0409 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.146 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3498, 43.4221, 9.2096)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB430 #3037BB

analogous

#BB6E30 #BBB430 #7CBB30

triadic

#BBB430 #30BBB4 #B430BB

tetradic

#BBB430 #30BB6E #3037BB #BB307C

square

#BBB430 #30BB6E #3037BB #BB307C

split-complementary

#BBB430 #307CBB #6E30BB

monochromatic

#5A5617 #8A8523 #BBB430 #D3CD55 #E0DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB430

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB430	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)

#C4AD14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.146 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca72',
    500: '#bbb430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb430;
$custom-light: #d3ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.753,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB430

secondary

#7D81C9

accent

#4DE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB430

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

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