#BBB43F#BBB43F

#BBB43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB43F
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -11.63, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 59.27, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0373 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7134, 43.5675, 11.1245)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB43F #3F46BB

analogous

#BB763F #BBB43F #84BB3F

triadic

#BBB43F #3FBBB4 #B43FBB

tetradic

#BBB43F #3FBB76 #3F46BB #BB3F84

square

#BBB43F #3FBB76 #3F46BB #BB3F84

split-complementary

#BBB43F #3F84BB #763FBB

monochromatic

#5F5C20 #8D8830 #BBB43F #CDC76A #DCD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB43F

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB43F	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)

#C3AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bbb43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb43f;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB43F

secondary

#8E91C8

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB43F

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

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