#BBB552#BBB552

#BBB552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB552
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -10.85, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 51.43, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0329 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.121 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5416, 44.2229, 14.4867)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB552 #5258BB

analogous

#BB8052 #BBB552 #8DBB52

triadic

#BBB552 #52BBB5 #B552BB

tetradic

#BBB552 #52BB80 #5258BB #BB528D

square

#BBB552 #52BB80 #5258BB #BB528D

split-complementary

#BBB552 #528DBB #8052BB

monochromatic

#696629 #95903B #BBB552 #CCC87E #DEDBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBB552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB552

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB552	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb86',
    500: '#bbb552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb552;
$custom-light: #d2cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB552

secondary

#9EA0CB

accent

#5CD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB552

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

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