#BBB542#BBB542

#BBB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB542
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -11.97, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 58.43, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0379 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.135 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0021, 44.0072, 11.6456)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB542 #4248BB

analogous

#BB7942 #BBB542 #84BB42

triadic

#BBB542 #42BBB5 #B542BB

tetradic

#BBB542 #42BB79 #4248BB #BB4284

square

#BBB542 #42BB79 #4248BB #BB4284

split-complementary

#BBB542 #4284BB #7942BB

monochromatic

#615D22 #8E8932 #BBB542 #CCC76E #DCD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB542

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB542	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)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7c',
    500: '#bbb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb542;
$custom-light: #d2ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75651,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB542

secondary

#9193C8

accent

#57D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB542

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

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