#BBB444#BBB444

#BBB444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB444
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -11.33, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 57.21, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0359 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8595, 43.6260, 11.8941)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB444 #444BBB

analogous

#BB7944 #BBB444 #86BB44

triadic

#BBB444 #44BBB4 #B444BB

tetradic

#BBB444 #44BB79 #444BBB #BB4486

square

#BBB444 #44BB79 #444BBB #BB4486

split-complementary

#BBB444 #4486BB #7944BB

monochromatic

#615E23 #8E8934 #BBB444 #CBC671 #DCD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB444

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB444	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7d',
    500: '#bbb444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb444;
$custom-light: #d2ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB444

secondary

#9396C8

accent

#59D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB444

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

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