#BBB439#BBB439

#BBB439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB439
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -11.96, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 61.62, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0388 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5548, 43.5041, 10.2890)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB439 #3940BB

analogous

#BB7339 #BBB439 #81BB39

triadic

#BBB439 #39BBB4 #B439BB

tetradic

#BBB439 #39BB73 #3940BB #BB3981

square

#BBB439 #39BB73 #3940BB #BB3981

split-complementary

#BBB439 #3981BB #7339BB

monochromatic

#5D5A1C #8C872B #BBB439 #CFC962 #DDD991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB439

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB439	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca77',
    500: '#bbb439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb439;
$custom-light: #d3ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB439

secondary

#878BC8

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB439

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

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