#BBB535#BBB535

#BBB535 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	#BBB535
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -12.68, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 63.46, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0412 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6615, 43.8709, 9.8516)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB535 #353BBB

analogous

#BB7235 #BBB535 #7EBB35

triadic

#BBB535 #35BBB5 #B535BB

tetradic

#BBB535 #35BB72 #353BBB #BB357E

square

#BBB535 #35BB72 #353BBB #BB357E

split-complementary

#BBB535 #357EBB #7235BB

monochromatic

#5C591A #8B8727 #BBB535 #D1CC5C #DEDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB535

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB535	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)

#C4AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca75',
    500: '#bbb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb535;
$custom-light: #d3ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB535

secondary

#8386C9

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB535

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

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