#BBB53C#BBB53C

#BBB53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53C
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -12.32, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 60.84, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0395 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8344, 43.9401, 10.7624)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53C #3C42BB

analogous

#BB753C #BBB53C #81BB3C

triadic

#BBB53C #3CBBB5 #B53CBB

tetradic

#BBB53C #3CBB75 #3C42BB #BB3C81

square

#BBB53C #3CBB75 #3C42BB #BB3C81

split-complementary

#BBB53C #3C81BB #753CBB

monochromatic

#5E5B1E #8D882D #BBB53C #CEC966 #DDD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53C	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)

#C4AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bbb53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53c;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75601,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53C

secondary

#8B8EC8

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53C

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

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