#BBB530#BBB530

#BBB530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB530
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -12.91, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 65.20, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0424 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5524, 43.8273, 9.2772)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB530 #3036BB

analogous

#BB6F30 #BBB530 #7BBB30

triadic

#BBB530 #30BBB5 #B530BB

tetradic

#BBB530 #30BB6F #3036BB #BB307B

square

#BBB530 #30BB6F #3036BB #BB307B

split-complementary

#BBB530 #307BBB #6F30BB

monochromatic

#5A5717 #8A8623 #BBB530 #D3CE55 #E0DC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB530

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB530	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca73',
    500: '#bbb530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb530;
$custom-light: #d3ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75517,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB530

secondary

#7D81C9

accent

#4CE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB530

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

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