#BBB435#BBB435

#BBB435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB435
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -12.16, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 63.10, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0398 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4589, 43.4657, 9.7840)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB435 #353CBB

analogous

#BB7135 #BBB435 #7FBB35

triadic

#BBB435 #35BBB4 #B435BB

tetradic

#BBB435 #35BB71 #353CBB #BB357F

square

#BBB435 #35BB71 #353CBB #BB357F

split-complementary

#BBB435 #357FBB #7135BB

monochromatic

#5C581A #8B8627 #BBB435 #D1CB5C #DEDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB435

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB435	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca75',
    500: '#bbb435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb435;
$custom-light: #d3ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB435

secondary

#8387C9

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB435

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

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