#BBB43E#BBB43E

#BBB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB43E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -11.69, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 59.67, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0375 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.137 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6857, 43.5564, 10.9786)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43E #3E45BB

analogous

#BB763E #BBB43E #84BB3E

triadic

#BBB43E #3EBBB4 #B43EBB

tetradic

#BBB43E #3EBB76 #3E45BB #BB3E84

square

#BBB43E #3EBB76 #3E45BB #BB3E84

split-complementary

#BBB43E #3E84BB #763EBB

monochromatic

#5F5C20 #8D882F #BBB43E #CDC869 #DCD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43E	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)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bbb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43e;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75401,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43E

secondary

#8D90C8

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43E

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

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