#BBB44D#BBB44D

#BBB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44D
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -10.71, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 53.30, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0331 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.125 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1556, 43.7444, 13.4534)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44D #4D54BB

analogous

#BB7D4D #BBB44D #8BBB4D

triadic

#BBB44D #4DBBB4 #B44DBB

tetradic

#BBB44D #4DBB7D #4D54BB #BB4D8B

square

#BBB44D #4DBB7D #4D54BB #BB4D8B

split-complementary

#BBB44D #4D8BBB #7D4DBB

monochromatic

#666227 #938D38 #BBB44D #CCC779 #DDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44D	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)

#C2AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca83',
    500: '#bbb44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44d;
$custom-light: #d2ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75542,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44D

secondary

#9A9DCA

accent

#5CD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44D

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

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