#BBB43B#BBB43B

#BBB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB43B
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -11.86, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 60.85, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0383 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.6056, 43.5244, 10.5570)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43B #3B42BB

analogous

#BB743B #BBB43B #82BB3B

triadic

#BBB43B #3BBBB4 #B43BBB

tetradic

#BBB43B #3BBB74 #3B42BB #BB3B82

square

#BBB43B #3BBB74 #3B42BB #BB3B82

split-complementary

#BBB43B #3B82BB #743BBB

monochromatic

#5E5A1E #8C872C #BBB43B #CEC965 #DDD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bbb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43b;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43B

secondary

#8A8DC8

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43B

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

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