#BBB44E#BBB44E

#BBB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -10.64, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 52.85, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0328 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1912, 43.7586, 13.6407)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44E #4E55BB

analogous

#BB7E4E #BBB44E #8CBB4E

triadic

#BBB44E #4EBBB4 #B44EBB

tetradic

#BBB44E #4EBB7E #4E55BB #BB4E8C

square

#BBB44E #4EBB7E #4E55BB #BB4E8C

split-complementary

#BBB44E #4E8CBB #7E4EBB

monochromatic

#676328 #938D39 #BBB44E #CCC77A #DDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44E	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)

#C2AE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca83',
    500: '#bbb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44e;
$custom-light: #d2ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44E

secondary

#9B9ECA

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44E

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

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