#BBB442#BBB442

#BBB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB442
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -11.45, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 58.05, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0364 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.134 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7995, 43.6020, 11.5781)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB442 #4249BB

analogous

#BB7842 #BBB442 #86BB42

triadic

#BBB442 #42BBB4 #B442BB

tetradic

#BBB442 #42BB78 #4249BB #BB4286

square

#BBB442 #42BB78 #4249BB #BB4286

split-complementary

#BBB442 #4286BB #7842BB

monochromatic

#615D22 #8E8832 #BBB442 #CCC76E #DCD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB442

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB442	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7c',
    500: '#bbb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb442;
$custom-light: #d2ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB442

secondary

#9194C8

accent

#58D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB442

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

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