#BBB43D#BBB43D

#BBB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB43D
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -11.75, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 60.07, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0378 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.6585, 43.5456, 10.8354)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43D #3D44BB

analogous

#BB753D #BBB43D #83BB3D

triadic

#BBB43D #3DBBB4 #B43DBB

tetradic

#BBB43D #3DBB75 #3D44BB #BB3D83

square

#BBB43D #3DBB75 #3D44BB #BB3D83

split-complementary

#BBB43D #3D83BB #753DBB

monochromatic

#5F5B1F #8D882E #BBB43D #CEC868 #DDD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bbb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43d;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.43544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43D

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43D

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

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