#BBB53E#BBB53E

#BBB53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53E
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -12.20, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 60.05, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.039 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.138 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8883, 43.9616, 11.0461)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53E #3E44BB

analogous

#BB773E #BBB53E #83BB3E

triadic

#BBB53E #3EBBB5 #B53EBB

tetradic

#BBB53E #3EBB77 #3E44BB #BB3E83

square

#BBB53E #3EBB77 #3E44BB #BB3E83

split-complementary

#BBB53E #3E83BB #773EBB

monochromatic

#5F5C20 #8D892F #BBB53E #CDC869 #DCD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53E	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C4AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bbb53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53e;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53E

secondary

#8D90C8

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53E

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

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