#BBB44C#BBB44C

#BBB44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44C
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -10.79, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 53.74, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0334 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.126 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1205, 43.7304, 13.2688)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44C #4C53BB

analogous

#BB7D4C #BBB44C #8BBB4C

triadic

#BBB44C #4CBBB4 #B44CBB

tetradic

#BBB44C #4CBB7D #4C53BB #BB4C8B

square

#BBB44C #4CBB7D #4C53BB #BB4C8B

split-complementary

#BBB44C #4C8BBB #7D4CBB

monochromatic

#666227 #928D38 #BBB44C #CCC778 #DDD9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44C	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca82',
    500: '#bbb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44c;
$custom-light: #d2ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44C

secondary

#999CCA

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44C

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

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