#BBB43C#BBB43C

#BBB43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB43C
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -11.80, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 60.46, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0381 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.6318, 43.5349, 10.6949)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43C #3C43BB

analogous

#BB743C #BBB43C #82BB3C

triadic

#BBB43C #3CBBB4 #B43CBB

tetradic

#BBB43C #3CBB74 #3C43BB #BB3C82

square

#BBB43C #3CBB74 #3C43BB #BB3C82

split-complementary

#BBB43C #3C82BB #743CBB

monochromatic

#5E5B1E #8D872D #BBB43C #CEC866 #DDD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43C

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43C	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bbb43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43c;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.43534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43C

secondary

#8B8EC8

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43C

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

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