#BBB52E#BBB52E

#BBB52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB52E
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -12.99, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 65.86, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0428 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5121, 43.8111, 9.0647)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB52E #2E34BB

analogous

#BB6E2E #BBB52E #7ABB2E

triadic

#BBB52E #2EBBB5 #B52EBB

tetradic

#BBB52E #2EBB6E #2E34BB #BB2E7A

square

#BBB52E #2EBB6E #2E34BB #BB2E7A

split-complementary

#BBB52E #2E7ABB #6E2EBB

monochromatic

#595616 #8A8522 #BBB52E #D4CF52 #E0DC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB52E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB52E	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca72',
    500: '#bbb52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb52e;
$custom-light: #d3ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB52E

secondary

#7B7FCA

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB52E

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

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