#BBB53D#BBB53D

#BBB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53D
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -12.26, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 60.44, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0393 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8611, 43.9508, 10.9030)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53D #3D43BB

analogous

#BB763D #BBB53D #82BB3D

triadic

#BBB53D #3DBBB5 #B53DBB

tetradic

#BBB53D #3DBB76 #3D43BB #BB3D82

square

#BBB53D #3DBB76 #3D43BB #BB3D82

split-complementary

#BBB53D #3D82BB #763DBB

monochromatic

#5F5C1F #8D882E #BBB53D #CEC968 #DDD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bbb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53d;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53D

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53D

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

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