#BBB532#BBB532

#BBB532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB532
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -12.82, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 64.52, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0419 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5946, 43.8442, 9.4994)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB532 #3238BB

analogous

#BB7132 #BBB532 #7DBB32

triadic

#BBB532 #32BBB5 #B532BB

tetradic

#BBB532 #32BB71 #3238BB #BB327D

square

#BBB532 #32BB71 #3238BB #BB327D

split-complementary

#BBB532 #327DBB #7132BB

monochromatic

#5A5818 #8B8625 #BBB532 #D2CD58 #DFDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB532

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB532	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)

#C5AE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca73',
    500: '#bbb532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb532;
$custom-light: #d3ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB532

secondary

#8083C9

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB532

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

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