#BBB43A#BBB43A

#BBB43A 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	#BBB43A
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -11.91, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 61.24, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0386 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5799, 43.5141, 10.4217)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43A #3A41BB

analogous

#BB733A #BBB43A #81BB3A

triadic

#BBB43A #3ABBB4 #B43ABB

tetradic

#BBB43A #3ABB73 #3A41BB #BB3A81

square

#BBB43A #3ABB73 #3A41BB #BB3A81

split-complementary

#BBB43A #3A81BB #733ABB

monochromatic

#5E5A1D #8C872C #BBB43A #CFC963 #DDD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43A	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)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bbb43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43a;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75369,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43A

secondary

#888CC8

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43A

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

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