#BBB53A#BBB53A

#BBB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53A
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -12.42, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 61.61, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.04 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7825, 43.9193, 10.4892)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53A #3A40BB

analogous

#BB743A #BBB53A #81BB3A

triadic

#BBB53A #3ABBB5 #B53ABB

tetradic

#BBB53A #3ABB74 #3A40BB #BB3A81

square

#BBB53A #3ABB74 #3A40BB #BB3A81

split-complementary

#BBB53A #3A81BB #743ABB

monochromatic

#5E5B1D #8C882C #BBB53A #CFCA63 #DDDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53A	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bbb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53a;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53A

secondary

#888BC8

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53A

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

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