#BBB534#BBB534

#BBB534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB534
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -12.73, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 63.82, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0415 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6387, 43.8618, 9.7317)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB534 #343ABB

analogous

#BB7134 #BBB534 #7EBB34

triadic

#BBB534 #34BBB5 #B534BB

tetradic

#BBB534 #34BB71 #343ABB #BB347E

square

#BBB534 #34BB71 #343ABB #BB347E

split-complementary

#BBB534 #347EBB #7134BB

monochromatic

#5B5819 #8B8727 #BBB534 #D1CC5B #DFDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB534

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB534	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)

#C4AE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca74',
    500: '#bbb534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb534;
$custom-light: #d3ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB534

secondary

#8285C9

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB534

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

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