#BBB53B#BBB53B

#BBB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53B
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -12.37, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 61.22, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0398 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8082, 43.9296, 10.6245)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53B #3B41BB

analogous

#BB753B #BBB53B #81BB3B

triadic

#BBB53B #3BBBB5 #B53BBB

tetradic

#BBB53B #3BBB75 #3B41BB #BB3B81

square

#BBB53B #3BBB75 #3B41BB #BB3B81

split-complementary

#BBB53B #3B81BB #753BBB

monochromatic

#5E5B1E #8C882C #BBB53B #CEC965 #DDDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53B	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bbb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53b;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53B

secondary

#8A8CC8

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53B

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

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