#BBB436#BBB436

#BBB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB436
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -12.12, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 62.74, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0396 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4821, 43.4750, 9.9064)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB436 #363DBB

analogous

#BB7136 #BBB436 #80BB36

triadic

#BBB436 #36BBB4 #B436BB

tetradic

#BBB436 #36BB71 #363DBB #BB3680

square

#BBB436 #36BB71 #363DBB #BB3680

split-complementary

#BBB436 #3680BB #7136BB

monochromatic

#5C591B #8C8628 #BBB436 #D0CA5E #DEDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB436

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB436	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca75',
    500: '#bbb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb436;
$custom-light: #d3ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB436

secondary

#8488C9

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB436

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

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