#BBB533#BBB533

#BBB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB533
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -12.77, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 64.17, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0417 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6164, 43.8529, 9.6143)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB533 #3339BB

analogous

#BB7133 #BBB533 #7DBB33

triadic

#BBB533 #33BBB5 #B533BB

tetradic

#BBB533 #33BB71 #3339BB #BB337D

square

#BBB533 #33BB71 #3339BB #BB337D

split-complementary

#BBB533 #337DBB #7133BB

monochromatic

#5B5819 #8B8626 #BBB533 #D2CD59 #DFDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB533

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB533	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)

#C5AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca74',
    500: '#bbb533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb533;
$custom-light: #d3ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB533

secondary

#8184C9

accent

#4EE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB533

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

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