#BBB53F#BBB53F

#BBB53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB53F
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.15, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 59.65, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0387 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9160, 43.9727, 11.1920)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB53F #3F45BB

analogous

#BB773F #BBB53F #83BB3F

triadic

#BBB53F #3FBBB5 #B53FBB

tetradic

#BBB53F #3FBB77 #3F45BB #BB3F83

square

#BBB53F #3FBB77 #3F45BB #BB3F83

split-complementary

#BBB53F #3F83BB #773FBB

monochromatic

#5F5C20 #8D8930 #BBB53F #CDC86A #DCD998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB53F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB53F	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)

#C4AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bbb53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb53f;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB53F

secondary

#8E91C8

accent

#55D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB53F

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

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