#BBB545#BBB545

#BBB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB545
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -11.78, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 57.18, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.037 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.132 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0929, 44.0435, 12.1237)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB545 #454BBB

analogous

#BB7A45 #BBB545 #86BB45

triadic

#BBB545 #45BBB5 #B545BB

tetradic

#BBB545 #45BB7A #454BBB #BB4586

square

#BBB545 #45BB7A #454BBB #BB4586

split-complementary

#BBB545 #4586BB #7A45BB

monochromatic

#625F24 #8F8A34 #BBB545 #CBC772 #DCD99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB545

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB545	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)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7e',
    500: '#bbb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb545;
$custom-light: #d2ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB545

secondary

#9496C8

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB545

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

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