#BBB544#BBB544

#BBB544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB544
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -11.84, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 57.60, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0373 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.133 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0621, 44.0312, 11.9616)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB544 #444ABB

analogous

#BB7A44 #BBB544 #85BB44

triadic

#BBB544 #44BBB5 #B544BB

tetradic

#BBB544 #44BB7A #444ABB #BB4485

square

#BBB544 #44BB7A #444ABB #BB4485

split-complementary

#BBB544 #4485BB #7A44BB

monochromatic

#615E23 #8E8A34 #BBB544 #CBC771 #DCD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBB544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB544

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB544	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7d',
    500: '#bbb544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb544;
$custom-light: #d2ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB544

secondary

#9395C8

accent

#58D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB544

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

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