#BBB541#BBB541

#BBB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB541
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -12.03, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 58.84, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0382 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9729, 43.9955, 11.4917)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB541 #4147BB

analogous

#BB7841 #BBB541 #84BB41

triadic

#BBB541 #41BBB5 #B541BB

tetradic

#BBB541 #41BB78 #4147BB #BB4184

square

#BBB541 #41BB78 #4147BB #BB4184

split-complementary

#BBB541 #4184BB #7841BB

monochromatic

#605D21 #8E8931 #BBB541 #CCC86D #DCD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB541

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB541	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7c',
    500: '#bbb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb541;
$custom-light: #d2ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB541

secondary

#9093C8

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB541

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

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