#BBB433#BBB433

#BBB433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB433
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -12.26, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 63.82, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0403 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4138, 43.4477, 9.5468)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB433 #333ABB

analogous

#BB7033 #BBB433 #7EBB33

triadic

#BBB433 #33BBB4 #B433BB

tetradic

#BBB433 #33BB70 #333ABB #BB337E

square

#BBB433 #33BB70 #333ABB #BB337E

split-complementary

#BBB433 #337EBB #7033BB

monochromatic

#5B5719 #8B8626 #BBB433 #D2CC59 #DFDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB433

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB433	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca74',
    500: '#bbb433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb433;
$custom-light: #d3ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB433

secondary

#8185C9

accent

#4FE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB433

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

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