#BBB44F#BBB44F

#BBB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB44F
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -10.56, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 52.39, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0325 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.123 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2273, 43.7731, 13.8310)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB44F #4F56BB

analogous

#BB7E4F #BBB44F #8CBB4F

triadic

#BBB44F #4FBBB4 #B44FBB

tetradic

#BBB44F #4FBB7E #4F56BB #BB4F8C

square

#BBB44F #4FBB7E #4F56BB #BB4F8C

split-complementary

#BBB44F #4F8CBB #7E4FBB

monochromatic

#686328 #948E39 #BBB44F #CCC77B #DDDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB44F

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB44F	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)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca84',
    500: '#bbb44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb44f;
$custom-light: #d2ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB44F

secondary

#9B9ECA

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB44F

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

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