#BBB440#BBB440

#BBB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB440
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -11.57, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 58.87, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.037 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7416, 43.5788, 11.2730)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB440 #4047BB

analogous

#BB7740 #BBB440 #85BB40

triadic

#BBB440 #40BBB4 #B440BB

tetradic

#BBB440 #40BB77 #4047BB #BB4085

square

#BBB440 #40BB77 #4047BB #BB4085

split-complementary

#BBB440 #4085BB #7740BB

monochromatic

#605C21 #8D8830 #BBB440 #CDC76C #DCD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB440

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB440	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7b',
    500: '#bbb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb440;
$custom-light: #d3ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB440

secondary

#8F92C8

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB440

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

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