#BBB44A#BBB44A

#BBB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44A
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -10.93, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 54.63, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0341 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0521, 43.7030, 12.9083)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44A #4A51BB

analogous

#BB7B4A #BBB44A #89BB4A

triadic

#BBB44A #4ABBB4 #B44ABB

tetradic

#BBB44A #4ABB7B #4A51BB #BB4A89

square

#BBB44A #4ABB7B #4A51BB #BB4A89

split-complementary

#BBB44A #4A89BB #7B4ABB

monochromatic

#656126 #918C37 #BBB44A #CCC676 #DCD9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44A

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44A	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca81',
    500: '#bbb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44a;
$custom-light: #d2ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44A

secondary

#979BC9

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44A

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

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