#BBB438#BBB438

#BBB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB438
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -12.01, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 62.00, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0391 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5300, 43.4942, 10.1589)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB438 #383FBB

analogous

#BB7338 #BBB438 #80BB38

triadic

#BBB438 #38BBB4 #B438BB

tetradic

#BBB438 #38BB73 #383FBB #BB3880

square

#BBB438 #38BB73 #383FBB #BB3880

split-complementary

#BBB438 #3880BB #7338BB

monochromatic

#5D591C #8C872A #BBB438 #D0CA61 #DEDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB438

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB438	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca76',
    500: '#bbb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb438;
$custom-light: #d3ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75354,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB438

secondary

#868AC8

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB438

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

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